Crapps v. State

The appellant, Terrell Norman Crapps, was convicted of murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life in prison.

The evidence presented by the prosecution tended to show that the appellant killed his wife, Sara Chadwick Crapps, by shooting her in the neck with a 20-gauge shotgun. On June 27, 1992, law enforcement officers were called to the Crapps residence in Houston County, Alabama. The appellant was armed and was with his wife in a small camper that was parked next to his house.

Witnesses testified that they heard gunshots inside the camper and that the…