Benedict v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

Paul Frederick Benedict was indicted for murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975, but convicted by a jury of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. He was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $18,571.70 restitution.

I

The appellant claims that the State’s evidence was insufficient to support a conviction. The testimony presented during the prosecution’s case-in-chief showed that the appellant and the deceased victim, Cynthia Diane Poole, were living together, and that on the night of June 17, 1984, they were at a local bar. The appellant…