Hill v. State

The appellant was charged with murder in violation of §13A-6-2, Code of Alabama (1975). He was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.

The victim, the appellant's wife, died as a result of a massive blow to her head with a baseball bat which opened her skull and bruised her brain. Although the appellant admitted throwing the baseball bat at his wife with the intention of hitting her, he testified that his wife had previously been looking for her gun under her pillow and was approaching him with a butcher's knife before he hit her. However, no gun or knife was…