Jackson v. State

The appellant, Alfred Jackson, was indicted for manslaughter. See § 13A-6-3(a)(1), Code of Alabama 1975. He was found guilty as charged in the indictment and was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. His sentence was split, and he was ordered to serve eight months in the Lowndes County jail and the remainder of the sentence under supervised probation.

The facts adduced at the trial tend to establish the following. On May 10, 1991, the victim, Arnell Means, and her two sons were travelling on county road 13 to Selma, Alabama, in a red Pontiac Grand Am automobile. Witnesses testified that it…