Legal Opinion

Brannon v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 11, 1915PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Jim Brannon was convicted of vagrancy and brought his appeal to the Court of Appeals, where the conviction was affirmed. He brings certiorari to review that judgment and decision of the Court of Appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

SAYRE, J.(1) The first count of the indictment charged in Code form that defendant was a vagrant. The fourth, on which defendant was convicted, charged that he was a keeper, proprietor, or employee of a gambling house. Evidence under the fourth count went equally as well to support the charge of the first. The Court of Appeals has found that there was such evi*30deuce. We do not review that court on findings of that character. Such has been our ruling consistently followed. We must assume, therefore, that- there was evidence to support the verdict.

(2, 3) In the trial court defendant had, on…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Leverett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  2. Lacey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
  3. Sharifi v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2008
  4. Gibson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  5. Hammers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994

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