Legal Opinion
Byrd v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided June 25, 1929No. 8 Div. 894Published
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
Defendant was convicted on a charge of unlawfully possessing a still. The corpus delicti was proven, but there is no evidence connecting this defendant with the possession of the still. The defendant was entitled to the general affirmative charge. Clark v. State, 18 Ala. App. 217, 90 So. 16; Koonce v. State, 18 Ala. App. 438, 93 So. 214; Knight v. State, 19 Ala. App. 296, 97 So. 163.
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Clark v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
- Knight v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1923
- Koonce v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922