Cooper v. State

The appellant, Thomas Cooper, was convicted of murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The appellant presents four issues on appeal.

I

Initially, the appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to establish a prima facie case of murder. Section13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975, provides, in pertinent part, as follows: "A person commits the crime of murder if: (1) With intent to cause the death of another person, he causes the death of that person. . . ."

The state's evidence tended to show that in the early evening of December 31, 1989,…