Headley v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The Grand Jury charged the appellant with the first degree murder of Pauline C. Headley, the wife of the appellant. The Jury found the appellant guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and fixed punishment at ten years imprisonment. The appellant’s motion for new trial was overruled.

Pauline Caldwell Headley, the wife of the appellant, died as the result of a gunshot wound received June 24, 1972, at her home in Bessemer, Alabama. The evidence in this cause shows that on the day prior to the shooting incident, the appellant had gone home from work, then driven with the deceased…