Carlton v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

Camathan Baily1 Carlton III was originally charged with criminally negligent homicide in the beating death of a game warden. After arraignment, but before any trial, the attorney general entered the case, the criminally negligent homicide charges were nol-prossed and Carlton was indicted for manslaughter under § 13A-6-3, Code of Alabama 1975. He was charged with beating an off-duty conservation officer to death with his fists. He then was granted treatment as a youthful offender and pleaded guilty pursuant to a written and signed plea-bargain agreement and after a full colloquy,…