Reynolds v. State

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The appellant was indicted by a grand jury of Bullock County, Alabama, for the first degree murder of Rufus Pickett "by shooting him with a gun or pistol". A jury found the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree and set her punishment at twenty years in the state penitentiary. Accordingly, the trial court entered judgment and sentence. Following conviction and notice of appeal, the trial court determined the appellant to be indigent and appointed her…