Legal Opinion
Beatty v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided February 10, 1953No. 6 Div. 530PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARR, Presiding Judge.
This prosecution is based on an alleged violation of Title 22, § 256, Code 1940.
In the court below the jury returned the following verdict: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty, and fix his sentence at two years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary.”
The trial judge sentenced the accused to the state penitentiary for a period of two years.
Section 258, Title 22, Code 1940, was amended by Act No. 307, p. 600, Regular Session 1951. The amendment fixes the punishment for the first offense at imprisonment for not less than two nor more than five years. It does not…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Gettings v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1947
- Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Aplin v. DeanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Haynes v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958
- Junior v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
- Coleman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
- McCray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
- Carmichael v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
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