Crawford v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to eighteen years’ imprisonment.

Under the state’s evidence the appellant intentionally and wilfully shot and killed Walter Lee Frazier on November 26, 1976, at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Wayne Street in Montgomery, Alabama.

The defense was self-defense and, if believed, shows that the appellant accidentally shot the deceased. Under the defense testi*108mony the deceased came over to the appellant’s car to get a ride home. The deceased then jerked open the car door, grabbed the appellant by his coat lapel,…