Mincey v. State

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree with infliction of the death penalty. The defendant has been found an indigent and counsel appointed by the court for his defense and for his representation on this appeal. The appeal is governed by what is commonly known as the automatic appeal statute, now found in Title 15, Secs. 382 (1)to 382(13), Code 1940, Cum.Pocket Part. '

It is clear enough Jimmie John Hansen was murdered and that the motive was robbery. One Livingston operated a store on Love Street in Troy, Alabama, some thirty yards…