Smith v. State

The appellant, James Woodrow Smith, was convicted of murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975, and was sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment without parole. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial, which was based on the state's alleged failure to provide him with exculpatory material to which he was entitled by law, in violation of Brady v. Maryland,373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), and Rule 16.1, Ala.R.Crim.P.

The appellant shot and killed the victim following a brief altercation outside a bar in…