Williams v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The Grand Jury of Baldwin County, Alabama, charged the appellant with the first degree murder of John Lee York by shooting him with a rifle. The jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree, and its verdict and judgment fixed punishment at twenty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

On June 3, 1973, the appellant and his wife were at Boulden’s Inn in Baldwin County, Alabama, where they were drinking with several friends and relatives. An argument ensued between the appellant and his wife over the manner in which she was dancing. Thereafter the appellant…