Eldridge v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Harry Eldridge, was convicted of assault in the first degree for shooting his mother with a shotgun; of shooting into an occupied dwelling; and of five counts of assault in the second degree involving the shooting of his two brothers, his sister-in-law, his brother-in-law, and a neighbor. He was sentenced to a total of 80 years’ imprisonment. This is the direct appeal of those convictions.

I

Ex parte Jackson, 598 So.2d 895 (Ala.1992), provides newly appointed appellate counsel the opportunity to preserve certain issues in the trial court prior to appeal by:

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