Legal Opinion

Talley v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided May 8, 1934No. 4 Div. 55Published

1Opinion of the Court

SAMFORD, Judge.

The principal insistence of appellant is that the evidence is not sufficient to support the verdict. On that question the testimony of two witnesses was positive as to the facts constituting the corpus delicti and the identity of the defendant as one of the guilty agents. The defense-was an alibi. Witnesses-for defense were just as positive that defendant was somewhere else at the time alleged and proven by the state. The decision of this question was for the jury, and this court would not be warranted in disturbing the verdict.

One of the grounds for1 defendant’s motion for a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Payne v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  2. Goocher v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  3. Perkins v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
  4. Ward v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1926
  5. Schrimsher v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1933

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