Legal Opinion

Simmons v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided January 22, 1985No. 6 Div. 336Published

1Opinion of the Court

PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant, Richard Allen Simmons, was indicted for the offense of murder as proscribed by § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. A jury found him guilty of the offense of criminally negligent homicide and Simmons was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment.

For now, we pretermit discussion of the issues raised on appeal except the issue *885of the circuit court’s jurisdiction. Simmons contends that the testimony during his trial revealed that he was seventeen years old at the time of the alleged act giving rise to the charge. From our review of the record, we find conflicting…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Keenum v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1933
  2. Hart v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1927

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