Blackmon v. State

The appellant, Perry Joe Blackmon, was convicted of manslaughter for the shooting death of Michael Bennett, in violation of § 13A-6-3, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 16 years in the state penitentiary and was ordered to pay a fine of $5,000, restitution in the amount of $7,120.34, and a $1,000 victim's compensation assessment.

The evidence tended to show that on the evening of September 18, 1988, Christie Rogers called the appellant, her ex-stepfather, to come to her home and pick her up. She stated that her mother and the victim had come home from a party drinking and had gone…