Fletcher v. State

FAULKNER, Justice.

This is a 1971 Alabama version of the Eternal Triangle. Oliver Conley was “dating” Mrs. Alvin “Poss” Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher asked a sheriff how much time he would get for murdering Conley. Conley told his father, in response to a warning, that there wasn’t any danger because “all them folks over there liked him.” Fletcher told a relative: “I’ve had all I can stand.” Conley stepped out in front of a grocery store. Fletcher shot him through the chest. Conley fell on the floor and died.

Alvin “Poss” Fletcher was tried by jury, found guilty of second-degree murder, and sentenced…