Thompson v. State

BARRON, Judge.

Thomas W. Thompson was indicted for murder by a Covington County Grand Jury in March, 1981, and was tried and convicted by a jury on August 24, 1981. The trial court entered a judgment of conviction and sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment. This appeal follows.

During the early evening hours of September 24,1980, appellant and a companion, Gathriel Bolling, were involved in an incident with the deceased, Thomas Ward, and a companion, Ernest Jackson. The incident, which occurred in the parking lot of the Firestone store on River Falls Street in Andalusia, culminated in the fatal…