Reid v. State

WELCH, Judge.

Mark Allen Reid appeals from his conviction for murder, see § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975, and his resulting sentence of 25 years’ imprisonment.

The State presented evidence showing that Billy Banks, a known drug user, was found dead inside his pickup truck on Wyn Road on the morning of July 27, 2010. Banks was lying across the front seat of his vehicle with 11 gunshot wounds.

Thomas Richard Williams, Sr., testified that he was aware that Banks smoked marijuana but that, as far as he knew, Banks did not use other drugs. He also testified that, as far as he knew, Banks always purchased…