Felton v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced in the Circuit Court of Colbert County, Alabama, for the offense of murder in the first degree and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. The Honorable Leonard I. Burt, Circuit Judge, presided at said trial of the appellant. The verdict of the jury is as follows:

“We, the jury find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree with sentence of life imprisonment.”

When the jury returned its verdict and it was read in open court the presiding judge stated:

“There is a slight error in the wording of the verdict, ‘with sentence…