Legal Opinion

Chaney v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided November 25, 1913PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Clarke Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. John T. Lackland. Green Chaney was convicted of grand larceny, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

PELHAM, J. —

When this case was before us on the former appeal, we held that there was no evidence shown by the bill of exceptions connecting this defendant (jointly tried and convicted together with three co-defendants) with the commission of the offense charged, except the testimony of his accomplices. — Chaney et al. v. State, 4 Ala. App. 89, 58 South. 685. On the trial resulting in the judgment from which the present appeal is prosecuted, the evidence on the former trial was introduced, and in addition thereto the testimony of a witness not an accomplice, corroborative of this defendant’s…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hooper v. DorseyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
  2. Chaney v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Crews v. TomanIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Glisson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967

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