Bishop v. State

Appellant, James Charles Bishop, was indicted by the July 1981 term of the Tuscaloosa County Grand Jury for the attempted murder of Stanley Lockhart, in violation of § 13A-4-2, Code of Alabama 1975. On February 8, 1982, a jury trial was held and appellant was subsequently found guilty as charged in the indictment. The trial court sentenced appellant on April 15, 1982. The trial court determined that appellant was a habitual offender, with ten prior felony convictions, and sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole. This appeal followed.

Mr. Stanley Lockhart, the prosecuting witness,…