Legal Opinion
Holmes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 7, 1976PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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First degree murder; sentence: life imprisonment.
On the night of January 14, 1975, at approximately 11:00 P.M., Gordon Presnall was shopping at a fruit stand in Saraland, Alabama. Without any apparent motive or reason, Mr. Presnall was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun, and he died as a result. An empty shotgun shell was found at the scene. No one actually saw the shooting, nor could anyone identify the assailant who fled the scene.
The appellant…
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