Jacks v. State

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On May 30, 1977, Dr. Farris Walker, a dentist in Auburn, Alabama, was reported missing. His automobile and some of his clothing were gone. Several small spots of blood splattered his bedroom and his bed had been stripped of all linen. Forty-five days later Dr. Walker's badly decomposed body was found partially concealed in a wooded area near Cook's Landing in Lee County, Alabama. Twenty-five year old Randy Jacks was indicted and convicted for the murder of the…