Langley v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

The appellant, Richard Kent Langley, was convicted of reckless manslaughter. See § 13A-6-3(a)(l), Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.

The evidence presented at trial tended to show that on December 7,1991, the appellant shot and killed his best friend, Jimmy Smith, with a pistol at the Parkway Lounge in Mobile, Alabama. The appellant and Smith *340were together most of the day on December 7, 1991. They went to several bars in the area before arriving at the Parkway Lounge, which was owned by the appellant and his wife.

At some point while they were at the…