Barnett v. State

The appellant, Andrae Barnett, was indicted and convicted of felony murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2(a)(3), Ala. Code 1975. Barnett was sentenced to 50 years in the state penitentiary. Barnett was also ordered to pay $250 to the victim's compensation fund, restitution in the amount of $659.90, and court costs.

On the afternoon of October 17, 1998, Morris Givens and his brother Andrae Barnett went to Daphne Golson's house to pick up Givens's three-year old daughter Jamari and take her to the fair. Daphne Golson is Jamari's mother and Givens's former girlfriend. Golson, her mother, her daughter…