Randall v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Talladega City Court. Heard before Hon. Marion H. Sims. John Randall, alias, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
The defendant was indicted for murder-in the first degree, and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.(1) A witness for the defendant was asked on direct examination if he found a weight at the .place where the deceased was killed. The witness replied, “A weight was turned over to me by some one who said he picked it up there.” The state moved to exclude this answer of the witness, and the motion was granted by the court. The defendant’s counsel insists in brief that the court was in error in this ruling, for the reason that a party may not speculate as to what the answer of a witness…
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