Madden v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

The appellant, Ollis Madden, was convicted of attempted murder. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

The state’s evidence tended to show that on the evening of February 8, 1992, the victim, 17-year-old Denny Tolbert, was shot in the back at a fast food restaurant in Gadsden. The appellant and another boy, a friend of the victim’s, were arguing over a girl when the appellant became very agitated. Someone tried to calm him down, but the appellant told that person that “he was already going to jail for killing one bitch.” Moments later the appellant shot Tolbert in the back. The…