Sims v. State

LAWSON, Justice.

James Sims was convicted in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County of first degree murder. The jury’s verdict was punishment by death. Judgment and sentence were in accord with the verdict.

Our review is controlled by the automatic appeal law applicable to cases where the death sentence is imposed. — Act 249, approved June 24, 1943, General Acts 1943, p. 217, carried in the 1955 Cum. Pocket to Volume Four, 1940 Official Code, and in the 1958 Recompiled Code (unofficial) as Title 15, §§ 382(1) et seq.

Appellant, a member of the Negro race, timely filed a motion to quash the…