Barnett v. State

Assault with intent to murder; sentence: fifteen years imprisonment.

This case arose out of an unsuccessful murder attempt on the life of Gregory Allen Brooks by a gunman hired by the appellant. The victim Brooks was age sixteen and the appellant was age nineteen. They worked at Liberty Super Market in Birmingham. On Thursday, prior to the assault on the following Wednesday, March 3, 1976, the appellant came to Brooks' home and presented Brooks with a letter in which appellant stated among other things that he, Barnett, was "gay." Brooks told the appellant that he would have nothing more to do…