Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama December 30, 1992, CR-91-1451 (Hammock v. State)

The appellant, David Wayne Hammock, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide, a violation of § 13A-6-4, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 12 months in jail and was fined $2,000. The evidence tended to show that the appellant and Jimbo Mills began fighting at a party on December 22, 1990. During the fight, the appellant grabbed a knife and stabbed Mills in the chest.