Webster v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the CourtSampord, J.
There were two counts in the indictment, but, the conviction being under the first count, it will not be necessary to notice rulings' of the court applicable only to the second count.
The defense was that of an alibi, and on this point the court in its oral charge said:
“The proof as to the alibi is sufficient whenever, taken in connection with all the evidence in the ease, it is sufficient to generate in your minds -a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant.”
This is the rule declared in Caraway v.. State, 18 Ala. App. 547, 93 South. 376, and to which we adhere.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Abrams v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
- Lowman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Bean v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
- Caraway v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922
3Cited by8 opinions
- Waters v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Baugh v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
- Pate v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
- Pinkerton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1945
- Woodard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
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