Jordan v. State

PRICE, Judge.

The charge was murder in the second degree. Conviction was for manslaughter in the first degree and punishment fixed at six years.

Without dispute in the evidence appellant, Clifton Jordan, killed John C. Brown. The killing occurred at the home of Kendrick Brown, who was deceased’s nephew and defendant’s brother-in-law. The evidence disclosed that after drinking beer together in various places in Mobile and Washington Counties throughout the previous night, defendant and deceased arrived at the Kendrick Brown home about 7 A.M. The Kendrick Browns were preparing to leave for Mobile…