Woods v. State

George Woods was indicted for murder in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant guilty of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. He received a ten-year sentence, split to time served and the balance suspended.

Around noon on August 19, 1984, Larry Walker was sitting in his car which was parked in front of his house on Magee Street in Prichard. Walker noticed the appellant and Samuel Green, the victim in this case, sitting on the porch of the house across the street. Walker heard the two men arguing about the last drink from a bottle of liquor.

The bottle…