Washington v. State

James Lee Washington was charged by indictment with the murder of Nathaniel Walker, Jr., by "shooting him with a pistol" in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama, 1975.

The jury found the appellant "guilty of murder as charged" and the trial court, following a habitual offender hearing, at which three convictions obtained in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, on October 27, 1980, for grand larceny, buying and receiving stolen property, and burglary and grand larceny were all placed in evidence, appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

Emily Jones, the mother…