Body v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The appellant was indicted for the first degree murder of Roosevelt Duncan, Sr., “by shooting him with a pistol.” At trial the jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed punishment at twenty-five years'imprisonment. The trial court then pronounced judgment, setting sentence in accordance with this verdict.

County Coroner J. P. Helton testified that an autopsy performed on the body of the deceased, Roosevelt Duncan, Sr., around mid-morning, September 7, 1974, at Bessemer Carraway Hospital, indicated that death resulted from a gunshot wound through the…