Tiner v. State

122 So.2d 738 (1960)

Cecil TINER

v.

STATE of Alabama.

4 Div. 949.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 14, 1960.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1960.

J. Hubert Farmer, Dothan, and Jack W. Smith, Geneva, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Geo. D. Mentz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

COLEMAN, Justice.

In Geneva County, appellant was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death by electrocution, for murder in the first degree of James Cuthbert Woodham by shooting him with a gun or pistol. At the time of the shooting Woodham was sheriff of that county. He was shot through the chest about 8:00…