Hughley v. State

Willie James Hughley was indicted for the intentional killing of his wife, Mary Etta Aaron Hughley, in violation of §13A-6-2. Hughley was found guilty of murder by the jury, and the trial judge set sentence at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

We pretermit a statement of the evidence because of error which occurred during the trial court's oral charge.

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The following portion of the record is taken from the trial court's oral charge to the jury.

"I would further charge you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, that a person commits the crime of Murder if he causes the death of another person…