Gaston v. State

The appellant, Willie Ralph Gaston, was convicted of the murder of Diane Bell, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The state's evidence tended to show that on the evening of December 30, 1989, James Nixon discovered the body of the victim, Diane Bell, near the Anniston Army Depot near Lincoln, Alabama. Around 4:40 on the afternoon of December 30, 1989, Mr. Nixon, a game warden employed by the depot, heard a shot and about a minute later heard two more shots. He went to investigate and discovered a woman's body in…