Legal Opinion

Snider v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided August 27, 1957No. 8 Div. 146PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge.

The defendant was tried and convicted of assault with intent to murder. His punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of three years.

The sole insistence of error upon this appeal is that the court in its oral charge to the jury erroneously defined the elements of assault with intent to murder.

Defendant was not represented by counsel on the trial, but conducted his own defense. No exception was reserved to any portion of the oral charge, therefore, the court’s charge is not subject to review by this court. See 7 Ala.Dig., Criminal Law, ^1056, for numerous…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Middleton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  3. Ingram v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1952

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Eady v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
  2. Davidson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  3. Helton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  4. James v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976

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