Hicks v. State

Appellant was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Hale County, Alabama, for the offense of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed by the jury at death. Appeal to this court is by virtue of the Automatic Appeal Statute. General Acts of Alabama 1943, p. 217, Code 1940, Tit. 15, § 382(1) et scq.

The evidence disclosed by the record shows that this appellant killed deceased, Fanny Webster, by striking her with an ax, on the date of March 24, 1944. The motive was robbery. The corpus delicti was shown by clear and convincing evidence and defendant confessed the crime while under…