Riley v. State

PER OURIAM.

Speaking to the question of proof of character, this court in Glover v. State, 200 Ala. 384, 76 So. 300, said:

“The witness is not permitted to state his mere private opinion of the individual whose character is in question; but in the nature of things he can only state his opinion as to what the estimate of the community is. The foregoing statement, in its proper application, is of course not opposed to the rule which permits the use of negative testimony on the subject of character. To say that the witness has never heard anything against the. character of the individual whose…