Jarrell v. State

LAWSON, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the murder of his wife and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment.

Counsel for appellant strenuously insist that the proof is insufficient to establish the corpus delicti, and that the affirmative charge was due to be given at the defendant’s request. In every criminal prosecution, of course, the burden is on the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime' charged has been committed and that the accused is the person who committed it. Hill v. State, 207 Ala. 444, 93 So. 460; Ratliff v. State, 212 Ala. 410, 102 So. 621. In Hill v.…