Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama January 20, 1981 (Hurst v. State)

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 205 Appellant was indicted for the unlawful killing of Clyde Ottis Alverson, III by shooting him with a shotgun. A jury found appellant guilty of first degree manslaughter and fixed his punishment at ten years in the State penitentiary.