Salazar v. State

Appellant, Joseph Robert Salazar, Jr., was indicted for murder in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975, found guilty after a jury trial of the lesser included offense of manslaughter, and sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. He was ordered to serve two and one-half years, and the balance was suspended pending a formal probationary period of seven years. He was also ordered to pay $300 to the Victim's Compensation Commission and costs of court.

The indictment reads, in pertinent part, as follows:

"The GRAND JURY of said County charge, that, . . . Joseph Robert Salazar . . . on…