Legal Opinion

Morgan v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided August 19, 1924No. 7 Div. 967PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Charge A refused to the defendant is invasive of the province of the jury, the weight, sufficiency of evidence, and conclusions of fact are for the jury, and charges such as charge A are covered by charges that instruct the jury that, in order to support a verdict of guilt, the jury must so find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. Such charge was several times given both in the oral charge and in written charges given at the request of defendant. Charge E is argumentative.

Charge 4 was condemned by this court in Du Bose v. State,19 Ala. App. 630, 99 So. 746, on authority of Davis v.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  2. Eiland v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  3. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  4. Dupree v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
  5. Baker v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1923

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
  2. Johnson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964
  3. Kenny v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  4. Jones v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1944
  5. Duchac v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974

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