Clemmons v. State

321 So.2d 238 (1975)

In re Jesse Ray CLEMMONS

v.

STATE of Alabama.

Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

SC 1050.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 22, 1975.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1975.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and John M. Gruenewald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

H. Edward McFerrin, Greenville, for respondent.

SHORES, Justice.

Defendant, Jesse Ray Clemmons, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Butler County, Alabama, on May 9, 1973, for first degree murder. He was found guilty of second degree murder and was sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary. He appealed to the Court of…