Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 23, 1935No. 3 Div. 116PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, Justice

(after stating the facts).

We have limited our statement of the evidence to the salient facts and circumstances, deemed material to an understanding of the questions presented in argument.

Appellant’s first and major contention is that the testimony of Stacy, a confessed accomplice, was not sufficiently corroborated to justify the submission of the case to the jury. This question is presented by the defendant’s motion to exclude the evidence, and his requested affirmative charge in writing, which were by the court denied and refused. Randolph et al. v. State, 100 Ala. 139, 14 So. 792; Taylor v.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Doss v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  2. State ex rel. Attorney General v. TallySupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  3. Ross v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  4. Griffith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
  5. Randolph v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Arthur v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
  2. Jacks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  3. Sorrell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  4. Andrews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  5. Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944

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