Hall v. State

RAWLS, Judge.

Defendant appeals a life imprisonment sentence in a first degree murder conviction. Hall and two co-defendants (Albert Paschal and Mitchell Simpson) were indicted for the murder of Sidney Parnell. During the robbery of a grocery store where they both worked Sidney attempted to aid his mother who was being assaulted by one of the robbers and was fatally shot. The three defendants were tried together. Defendant Simpson was acquitted. Defendant Paschal was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. Defendant Hall was found guilty of murder with a recommendation of mercy and…