Roberson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. P. Almon. Bart Roberson -was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The rulings as to the evidence sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. C. P. Almon. Bart Roberson -was convicted of murder, and he appeals. The rulings as to the evidence sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court. The following charges were refused to the defendant: (C) “I charge you, gentlemen of the jury, that if there is one single fact proved to the satisfaction of the jury which is inconsistent with defendant’s guilt, this is sufficient to raise a reasonable doubt, and the jury should acquit.” (7) “If the defendant was without fault in bringing on the difficulty, and was in imminent peril, or…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
Appellant Avas indicted for murder in the first degree. The jury returned a verdict in the folloAving form: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment, and fix his punishment at imprisonment in the state’s penitentiary for life.” For many years the laAV has required of this court in the consideration of criminal appeals that it “must consider all questions apparent on the record or reserved by bill of exceptions, and must render such judgment as the laAV demands.” — Code, § 6264. For many years, also, the statute of this state has required that, “Avhen the jury find…
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