Sheffield v. State

MAIN, Judge.

James Linden Sheffield was indicted for two counts of reckless murder; the deaths occurred as a result of arson. He was convicted of reckless murder, as charged in the indictment, for the death of Charles Edward Morrow, Jr., see § 13A-6-2(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975 (count I), and the lesser-included offense of reckless manslaughter for the death of Charles Edward Morrow III, see § 13A-6-3(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975 (count II). The circuit court sentenced him to 600 months’ imprisonment on the murder conviction and to 204 months’ imprisonment on the manslaughter conviction, the sentences to…