Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided April 30, 2004No. CR-02-1218PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frankie David Smith was indicted by an Etowah County grand jury for the murder of John Paul Stumler. § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975. A jury found Smith guilty of manslaughter and the trial court imposed a 20-year sentence. This appeal followed. We affirm.
The evidence presented at trial tended to establish the following. Stumler and Smith had been involved in business ventures together. Smith owed Stumler money, but he had been unable to pay the full amount he owed. On December 3, 1998, Stumler met with Etowah County Deputy District Attorney Jimmy Harp to discuss whether he thought Stumler should…
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