Gaskin v. State

JAMES E. SMITH, III, Circuit Judge.

Willie L. Gaskin, a twenty year old man, was convicted in Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court of Murder in the First Degree and sentenced to life imprisonment.

I

On the night of November 1, 1975, at approximately 9:20 p. m., the Appellant and an accomplice, Limuel Alexander, a twenty-six year old male, went to the Buzz Service Station on Highway 82 in the City of Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, for the purpose of robbing the service station attendants. The two employees, Elgin Herring and Paul W. Boatner, were seated inside a small office at the time the…