Boyd v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Elliott James Boyd was indicted for the offense of murder in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975, and for the offense of attempted murder in violation of § 13A-4-2, Code of Alabama 1975. The petit jury found the appellant “guilty of manslaughter,” Ala.Code § 13A-6-3 (1975), and “guilty of assault in the first degree.” Ala.Code § 13A-6-20 (1975). (R. 206, 306-07, 326-27.) The trial judge sentenced the appellant to twenty (20) years in the state penitentiary on the manslaughter charge and ten (10) years in the state penitentiary on the assault charge to run concurrently…