Williams v. State

RICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of murder in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of fifteen years.

■ The evidence for the State tended to show that the decedent, Miss Ludie Williams,- was killed on a Sunday night, in an automobile collision between the car in which she was riding and one driven by appellant.

The deceased was one of four occupants of an automobile driven by one Hoyt Pearce, headed north on the highway between Albertville and Boaz, in Marshall County — that is, the highway on Sand Mountain running towards…