Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
■ Among the grounds of the Petition for Writ of Certiorari was that the Court of Criminal Appeals did not follow the holding of this court in holding that the trial court “did not err in denying the appellant’s motion to exclude the evidence nor ■ in denying the affirmative charge,” in that such conclusion is in conflict with Lang v. State, 252 Ala. 640, 42 So.2d 512, and the pronouncements in that case as to the measure of proof essential to convict a person charged with a felony, where the evidence presented is circumstantial.
*578The facts in this case are undisputed. The…
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