Smith v. State

The appellant, Gary Torrence Smith, appeals from the denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition attacking his 1992 conviction for manslaughter and his sentence to life imprisonment.

In his petition the appellant contended: (1) that his arrest was unlawful; (2) that the trial court erred in holding him in contempt and in revoking his bond for appearing in court without an attorney because, he says, that the trial court had determined he was indigent and should have appointed counsel for him; (3) that the trial court committed reversible error in its instructions to the jury; (4) that…