McGuff v. State

Appellant was tried in the Circuit Court of Walker County, Alabama, for the offense of murder in the first degree, and upon his conviction of murder in the second degree his punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary of Alabama for a period of thirty years, and he has appealed.

It is undisputed that on or about April 14, 1945, the appellant shot and killed one Arthur Russell with a twenty-two Winchester rifle, near the town of Cordova in Walker County, Alabama. Events leading up to the fatal shooting are not clearly disclosed by the record. It does appear, however, that the fatal…