Bullock v. State

Michael Bullock, the appellant, was convicted of the murder of Jimmy Lane Parker and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was also convicted of the attempted murder of a Crenshaw County Deputy Sheriff and two Department of Corrections search party dog handlers and was sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment. He raises three issues on this appeal from those convictions.

I

The evidence is sufficient to support the conviction for attempted murder. The issue of whether the fleeing appellant fired the shotgun at his pursuers (a deputy sheriff and two search party dog handlers) with the intent to scare…