Legal Opinion

Burns v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 6, 1932No. 6 Div. 965PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

The defendant was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree. The organization of the court is shown toy the transcript to be in accord with the law and rule 26 of this court. Code 1923, vol. 4, p. 887, rule 26.

The indictment is in Code form and returned in accordance with the provisions of statute. Sections 4527, 4547, and § 4556, form 76; Billingslea v. State, 68 Ala. 486; Rivers v. State, 97 Ala. 72, 12 So. 434; Doss v. State, 220 Ala. 30, 123 So. 231, 68 A. L. R. 712, and authorities there cited.

The record discloses that a venire of one hundred jurors was duly drawn for the trial…

2Cases cited67 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  2. Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. GonzalezSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  3. Hornsby v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
  4. Doss v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  5. Levison v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Phillips v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  2. Smarr v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  3. Embrey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  4. Aaron v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
  5. Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934

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