Redman v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Andalusia City Court. Heard before Hon. A. L. Rankin. Ad. Redman entered a plea of guilty to violating the prohibition law, and ivas sentenced according to law, and appeals. No point was made as to the drawing or organization of either the grand or petit juries, and hence, the transcript should not contain these matters.
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Appeal from Andalusia City Court. Heard before Hon. A. L. Rankin. Ad. Redman entered a plea of guilty to violating the prohibition law, and ivas sentenced according to law, and appeals. No point was made as to the drawing or organization of either the grand or petit juries, and hence, the transcript should not contain these matters. The motion to strike should therefore be granted.- — Hatch v. State, 144 Ala. 50; Tipton v. State, 140 Ala. 39"; Sec. 6256, Code 1907. Either the State or defendant must pay this increased cost, and hence, the reason for the statute. — Secs. 6572, 6636, 763,5,…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P. J.
A motion is made by the Attorney General to strike that part of the transcript which .sets out the venire for, and the organization of, the petit juries in the trial court. The motion is granted. It is expressly provided by statute (Code, § 6256) that “such transcript need not contain mere orders of continuance, nor the organization of the grand jury which found the indictment, nor the venire for any grand or petit jury, nor the organization of regular juries for the week or term at which the case was tried, unless some question thereon was raised before the trial court.” No question in…
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