Goodrum v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendant (appellant) guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, under an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree, and fixed his punishment at imprisonment for seven years. The court sentenced him accordingly.

The alleged homicide occurred on December 30, 1979, little more than twenty-four hours before the effective hour of the Criminal Code of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 13A), which made material changes in the statutory law of Alabama as to homicide, which, of course, properly were not applied in the instant case.

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