Crawford v. State

The appellant, James Larry Crawford, was indicted on a charge of reckless murder. The jury found him guilty of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter, and the trial court sentenced him to 20 years' imprisonment. The State's evidence tended to show that on August 6, 2000, Crawford met his friend Steve Cain at Revere's bar and restaurant in Mobile. Crawford admitted that he consumed four alcoholic drinks between 5:45 and 10:00 p.m. Shortly before he left Revere's, Crawford got into an argument with Christina Dorsey, a woman who owed him money. Dorsey and her friend Diane Campbell then left…