Legal Opinion

Pruitt v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 23, 1936No. 8 Div. 692PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed at death by electrocution.

The defendant was represented by counsel who file a brief for him in this court. No question is presented as to the arraignment, venire, and the three assignments of error urged by counsel have been duly considered.

The witness Pierce testifying as to the bullet holes in the car detailed the facts; as that the hole on the inside of the car was smaller than the hole on the outside and was more jagged on the outside. In this there was no error. Roan v.…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Roan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  2. Moulton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. State ex rel. Illinois Cent. R. v. Board of Levee Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
  4. McGuff v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  5. Barnett v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Denton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1996
  2. Desilvey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  3. State v. DeanNebraska Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Stephens v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  5. Lovejoy v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948

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