Blake v. State

WINDOM, Judge.

Niquita Blake appeals her conviction for attempted murder, see § 13A-4-2 and § 13A-6-2, Ala.Code 1975, and her resulting sentence of 20 years in prison. The circuit court split Blake’s 20-year sentence and ordered her to serve 4 years in prison followed by 5 years on probation.

The evidence presented at trial established that on March 23, 2008, shortly after a group of children had participated in an Easter egg hunt, Blake and Sharkea Williams got into an argument about how their children had been interacting with one another. During the argument, Blake pulled a pistol from her…