Thomas v. State

George Herman Thomas, Jr. was indicted for the murder of one Lorre Beth Hutchinson by "striking her on or about her face or head with his hands and feet, thereby knocking her prostrate in an inside lane of a heavily traveled public thoroughfare, . . . and thereafter leaving her lying in said thoroughfare where she was struck and killed by an automobile . . .", in violation of §13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty of murder," and, after a sentencing hearing, the trial judge sentenced the appellant to life imprisonment.

The appellant does not challenge the weight…