Holt v. State

DeCARLO, Judge.

Murder, first degree; life.

Alfred Holt was indicted by the grand jury of Jefferson County, and charged with the shooting death of Debra Kay Dabbs.

After a jury trial on January 21,1976, the appellant was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.

This case involves the brutal murder of Debra Kay Dabbs during the early morning hours of March 6, 1975. The appellant, Alfred Holt, did not testify or offer any evidence in his own behalf at trial.

Nathaniel Holt, a fifth grader at Carey A. Tuggle School in Birmingham, Alabama, discovered the body of the victim while on his way to…