# Caldwell v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · January 22, 1993 · 615 So. 2d 1280

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7627701

## Case

- **Full name:** MacK Caldwell III v. State.
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** January 22, 1993
- **Citations:** 615 So. 2d 1280; 1993 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 103; 1993 WL 10350
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Patterson
- **Judges:** Bowen, Taylor, McMillan, Jones, Alabama, Patterson, Montiel
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PATTERSON, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent in this case because I believe that the State proved only that the appellant acted with criminal negligence rather than with recklessness and that he should have been convicted, if at all, of criminally negligent homicide rather than manslaughter. In my opinion, the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction for manslaughter. Therefore, I must dissent.

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