Burkett v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
SAYRE, ,T.
Counsel representing defendant have assigned for error two rulings on questions of evidence. It is not considered that they need special treatment. In our opinion there is no reversible error shown by either ruling.
As for the exception reserved on the solicitor’s argument to the jury, the court did all that was necessary to correct the argument and place the jury in a position to consider the case properly — if, indeed, correction was necessary — when defendant’s objection was sustained and the statement excluded from the jury.
Charges 3 and 8 were elliptical. Moreover, the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ex parte DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Ratliff v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Watts v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
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