Hill v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found this appellant guilty on an indictment that charged in pertinent part that he “did recklessly cause the death of Rayburn Vess, by shooting him with a pistol, in violation of Section 13A-6-3 of the Code of Alabama.” The court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for ten years and a fine of $5,000.00 and sentenced him accordingly. He had previously been tried for the same incident made the basis of the indictment herein on an indictment charging him with murder. The result of that trial was a verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter and a…