Benford v. State

A jury found defendant (appellant) guilty of manslaughter (Code 1975, § 13A-6-3) after a trial on an indictment charging him with murder (Code § 13A-6-2) of David Harris, by shooting him with a pistol. The court sentenced him to imprisonment for ten years.

No issue is raised on appeal as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, and we find no reasonable basis for such an issue. We limit our summary of the evidence to portions thereof that have some bearing upon the issues presented.

The evidence shows without dispute that about noon, March 21, 1980, the deceased was killed by…