Legal Opinion

Lewis v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 30, 1915PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Sumter Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Bernard Harwood. Tom Lewis was convicted of murder, and be appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, C. J. —

Section 3019 of the Code of 1907 provides that: “Bills of exceptions may be presented at *2any time within ninety clays from the day on which the judgment is entered, and not afterwards.”

The judgment in this case was rendered and entered October 21, 1914, and the bill was not presented to the trial judge until January 22, 1915, more than 90 days after the rendition of the judgment, and the motion of the state to strike same must be sustained. It is true that the sentence was not imposed - until October 24th, but the judgment of conviction, as disclosed by the record, was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ramey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Patterson v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  3. Griffin v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940
  4. Peoples v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924

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