Montgomery v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari to the Court of Appeals. Petition by the State, on the relation of J. Q. Smith, Attorney General, for certiorari to review a ruling of the Court of Appeals, reversing a judgment of conviction in the case of Will Montgomery v. State of Alabama, S6 South. 132. The sheriff was properly denied the right to state whether or not Red Nelson was a fugitive from justice. 197 Ala. 193, 72 South. 316: 177 Ala. 12, 59 South. 171. A proper, predicate was laid for the testimony…
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Certiorari to the Court of Appeals. Petition by the State, on the relation of J. Q. Smith, Attorney General, for certiorari to review a ruling of the Court of Appeals, reversing a judgment of conviction in the case of Will Montgomery v. State of Alabama, S6 South. 132. The sheriff was properly denied the right to state whether or not Red Nelson was a fugitive from justice. 197 Ala. 193, 72 South. 316: 177 Ala. 12, 59 South. 171. A proper, predicate was laid for the testimony of Turny concerning what the defendant said about the killing. 191 Ala. 7, 67 South. 1010; 4 Michie’s Ala. Digest, pp.…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
Upon the original consideration of this cause by the Court of Appeals, the judgment of conviction was reversed for error in the oral charge to the jury, the nature of which sufficiently appears in the opinion of that court. 86 South. 132. Application . for rehearing was made by the state, and in response thereto the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals discloses that there was no exception reserved to any part of the oral charge held erroneous, and for which the judgment of conviction was reversed. But that court was of the opinion that, upon a consideration of the Acts of 1915, p. 815,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McPherson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Montgomery v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
- Ross v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
- Tucker v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- Morrissette v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
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