Stoves v. State

JOINER, Judge.

Rashad Stoves was convicted of one count of reckless manslaughter, see § 13A-6-3, Ala. Code 1975,1 and five counts of felony murder, see § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975.2 For the manslaughter conviction, Stoves was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment and was ordered to pay court costs. For each felony-murder conviction, Stoves was sentenced to life imprisonment and was ordered to pay a $100 crime-victims-compensation assessment and court costs. All sentences were to be served concurrently.

The State's evidence at trial tended to show that, in the early morning hours of January 29,…