Ponder v. State

Floyd Ray Ponder was charged in a one count indictment with the intentional murder of Billy Rae Ramey by stabbing him with a knife, in violation of Section 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty of murder" and the trial judge set sentence at life imprisonment in the penitentiary.

We pretermit a statement of the facts in this case and a discussion of the other issues raised in this case because reversible error occurred during the oral charge which requires a retrial of this cause.

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The appellant in this case was charged with intentional murder. During the court's…