Rolling v. State

Oliver Tyrone Rolling appeals from the circuit court's denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition in which he contests his 1986 convictions for felony murder and reckless manslaughter. Rolling had been brought to trial on a two-count indictment: Count I charged the felony murder of Jim Godfrey, § 13A-6-2(a)(3), Code of Alabama 1975, and Count II charged the intentional murder of Jim Godfrey, § 13A-6-2(a)(1). The jury was charged under Count II on the lesser included offense of reckless manslaughter. On the felony murder conviction, Rolling was sentenced to life imprisonment, and on the…