Chappelle v. State

STAKELY, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. The defendant, Mary Chappelle, was indicted for murder in the first degree. Upon a plea of not guilty, trial was had and the jury returned a verdict .of guilty of murder in the second degree, fixing her punishment at 30 years in the penitentiary. The defendant did not file brief in this court, but that is not essential to our consideration of an appeal in a criminal case. Walker v. State, 265 Ala. 233, 90 So.2d 221; Johnson v. State, 257 Ala. 644, 60 So.2d 818.

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