Yessick v. State

GOODWYN, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree growing out of the killing of Vester Lee Taylor, Jr., by cutting or stabbing him with a knife. Appellant entered pleas of not guilty, not guilty by reason of self-defense, not guilty by reason of insanity, and not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree and fixed appellant’s punishment at imprisonment for thirty years. His motion for a new trial was overruled.

The defendant was the owner of a restaurant just outside of Sylacauga, in Talladega County, where the fatal…