Womack v. State

COLEMAN, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for first degree murder and life imprisonment.

Defendant, with two companions, drove an automobile to the home of deceased in a rural area. One of defendant’s companions shot deceased with his own shotgun and all three then proceeded to ransack the premises. The body of deceased was found several days later on the ground near a pile of slabs. Some of the facts are set out in more detail in opinions affirming the convictions of defendant’s companions in Beverly v. State, 281 Ala. 325, 202 So.2d 534, and Elrod v. State, 281 Ala.…