Campbell v. State

Bobby Lane Campbell was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On this appeal he presents three issues, two of which will not be discussed because the third requires a reversal of his conviction.

On October 10, 1984, Martin Luther Walls was found dead at his home in Guntersville, Alabama. The coroner estimated that Walls had been dead 48 hours when the body was found and concluded that the cause of death was a .38 caliber gunshot wound to the back of the head. The homicide remained unsolved for over a year.

On October 26, 1985, November 26, 1985, and January 6, 1986, the…