Allison v. State

Indictment for murder in the first degree, conviction therefor, and punishment fixed by the jury at life imprisonment. Application for youthful offender treatment was denied.

The victim was Fred Jackson Harp, a Mountain Brook police officer, who gave chase to defendant and three others riding in a Cadillac automobile. The four occupants were under detention by the victim, Officer Harp, when the homicide occurred on the roadside.

The circumstances surrounding the homicide, so the State contended, did not justify either of the four occupants in firing the fatal shot, nor did they justify either…