Padgett v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Appellant, Gregory Allen Padgett, charged with the murder of his wife, Sandra Padgett, was indicted for murder in the first degree. Jury trial resulted in conviction, and verdict and judgment fixed punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.

The homicide in question was first investigated by Sergeant Henry Bradford of the Saraland Police Department. Bradford testified that on the morning of October 18, 1970, at 2:02 a. m., he received a call that a shooting had taken place at 1223 Martha Allen Drive in the Saraland com munity, in Mobile County, Alabama. The appellant…