Goffer v. State

Dexter Goffer was indicted for the murder of Gloria Pearson, by shooting her with a shotgun, in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty of manslaughter as charged in the indictment" and the trial judge set sentence at ten years in the penitentiary.

On December 9, 1981, the appellant, his friend Rodney McGregor, his sister Helen Goffer, his girl friend, Gloria Pearson (the deceased) and her sister Victoria Whetstone were at the Goffer's home in Sylacauga, Alabama. The boys were playing cards while two of the girls, Helen and Victoria, were fixing…