Puckett v. State

BRICKEN, -P. J.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused may offer evidence of his previous good character, not only where a doubt exists on the other proof, but even to generate a reasonable doubt as to his guilt. Felix v. State, 18 Ala. 720; Harrison v. State, 37 Ala. 154; Dupree v. State, 33 Ala. 380, 73 Am. Dec. 422; Hall v. State, 40 Ala. 698.

In this case, defendant’s witness Henry Teague, without objection on the part of the state, testified: “I know the deféndant. I have known hiin about .twelve or fourteen years. I have never heard anything against his character up until this came up.…