Ott v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Clake Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. John T. Lackland. Richard Ott was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The defendant is charged with the crime of killing Camilla Ott by cutting her throat with a razor, and in the second count by throwing her into a well. The defendant attempted to show that Josh Dickinson and Will Dickinson were in some way connected with the crime, and that since his conviction Will Dickinson had left the state.
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Appeal from Clake Circuit Court. Heard before Hou. John T. Lackland. Richard Ott was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. The defendant is charged with the crime of killing Camilla Ott by cutting her throat with a razor, and in the second count by throwing her into a well. The defendant attempted to show that Josh Dickinson and Will Dickinson were in some way connected with the crime, and that since his conviction Will Dickinson had left the state. The other facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The court erred in permitting the state to challenge for cause, the…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
W. P. Steele, being called as one of the special veniremen, to questions propounded to him by the court answered as follows: That he “would not convict on circumstantial evidence, unless it was the highest and strongest degree”; that he would not convict on circumstantial evidence ordinary in its character. It is not made to appear that the proposed juror would not convict on circumstantial evidence, or that he “thought a conviction should not be had on circumstantial evidence,” which is made a cause for challenge by section 7278 (5018) of the Code of 1907.lt is made to appear that he thought…
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