White v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Clay County; E. J. Garrison, Judge. Jim (alias James) White was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Clay County; E. J. Garrison, Judge. Jim (alias James) White was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals. The judgment entry recites all the preliminary matters previous to and leading up to the verdict of the jury, then the verdict of the jury, the defendant being asked if he had anything to say why the sentence of the law should not now be pronounced upon him, and the following: “It is therefore considered, ordered, and- adjudged by the court, and it is the judgment of the court, that the defendant, Jim 'White, be, and he is hereby, sentenced to imprisonment in the…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.
The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree, the trial under this indictment resulted in a verdict by the jury of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment was fixed at five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
[1] Under the statute (Code 1907, § 6264) it is the duty of the appellate courts of this state to consider all questions apparent on the record, or reserved by bills of exceptions, and to render such judgments as the law demands.
[2] In the instant case the judgment entry is faulty, not, however, to the extent of constituting error; yet we feel it…
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- Ex parte RobersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Gray v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Ex parte RodgersAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
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