Travis v. State

Jimmy Ray Travis was indicted by the Mobile County grand jury for the first degree murder of Johnny Dean. Trial was had with the jury finding him guilty of first degree manslaughter. The jury set his sentences at ten years imprisonment. From that conviction he now appeals.

Mrs. Diane Condra testified that around 8:00 a.m. on June 18, 1979, she went to the victim's home to visit her aunt. She stated that she was in the kitchen with her aunt and appellant's stepdaughter when the appellant arrived. He entered the kitchen and told his stepdaughter to get in his car which she refused to do. Mrs.…