Lee v. Burdette

On September 4, 1994, in Talledega, Alabama, Henry Wayne Batchelor and Chad Gaither met some friends in the parking lot of the Food World supermarket. The teenagers were spending their time "hanging out" and talking in the parking lot with a few other teenagers. A friend brought word to the small group that a fight was expected at a nearby McDonald's restaurant ("McDonald's"). The teenagers jumped into their vehicles and drove to McDonald's.

Henry and Chad were in the cab of Henry's pickup truck; their friends Larry Keith and Angela Farrington rode in the truck bed. When they arrived at…