Gurley v. State

In a two-count indictment, Thomas Edward Gurley, was charged with unlawfully abducting Mildred Banks with intent to inflict physical injury upon her, or with intent to terrorize her in violation of § 13A-6-43, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty of kidnapping in the first degree" and following a sentencing hearing at which four prior felonies were placed in evidence, the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

Mrs. Mildred Banks testified that on Wednesday, May 13, 1981, she was in her husband's radio and stereo store in Huntsville, Alabama, when the…