Slaughter v. State

This appeal is from a conviction of murder in the first degree, with a sentence of life.

The state’s evidence shows that on Sunday afternoon, July 13, 1969, Officer Spencer, an off duty Birmingham policeman, was on special duty at the swimming pool at Harris Park, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; that there was a number of children and young people in and around the pool, and the appellant, accompanied by his sister, another woman and a man, visited the park and went in swim-' ming; that there were several employees of the pool, including at least two life guards, one a male and the…