George v. State

On Application for Rehearing

JOINER, Judge.

This Court’s opinion of August 30, 2013, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.

On September 12, 2012, Keith Daniel George was convicted of the murder of Russell Kent George, see § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Keith to 50 years’ imprisonment. We reverse and remand.

Keith asserted that he acted in self-defense and, at trial, the State attempted to present evidence overcoming Keith’s self-defense claim. The State’s primary witnesses were Kalane Culley, who was Russell’s girlfriend at the time he was killed, and…