Posey v. State

CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

The Defendant, who, as an indigent, was represented by Court appointed counsel at trial, and by other Court appointed counsel on appeal, appeals to this Court from a judgment of conviction, based upon a jury verdict, of murder in the first degree, with a life sentence.

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The homicide arose out of, or was incident to, a bar-room brawl at the Sea Horse Tavern in Bessemer, Alabama. Two American-Indians were killed by gunshot wounds in the difficulty. The victim in the present case was a 16 year old girl who was six months pregnant at the time, and who died as a result of a…