Silvey v. State

The appellant, Robert G. Silvey, was indicted for the offense of intentional murder as proscribed by § 13A-6-2 (a)(1), Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to imprisonment for a term of life.

The State's evidence tended to show that, while at the residence of Gladys Mae Lewis on the afternoon of September 14, 1984, Silvey shot Charles Bradley with a .22 caliber long rifle. Bradley died as a result of the gunshot, which went through his left arm and into the lower left portion of his chest. His blood alcohol level, determined at the autopsy, was .32 percent.

Ms. Lewis…