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- Title: Roosevelt Smitherman v. State
- Author : Supreme Court of Alabama
- Release Date : January 02, 1956
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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GOODWYN, Justice. Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death by electrocution. His appeal
is here under the provisions of the Automatic Appeal Statute. Act No. 249, appvd. June 24, 1943, Gen.Acts 1943, p. 217, Code
1940, Tit. 15, 382(1) et seq., Pocket Part. The indictment charges that appellant 'unlawfully and with malice aforethought, killed Thomas J. Harper, by shooting him
with a gun, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.' Appellant entered a plea of 'not guilty' and relies on
'self-defense' as a justification for the killing.