Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Wade

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 25, 1922No. 6 Div. 611PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Charlie Wade was convicted of mayhem, the judgment of conviction affirmed by the Court of Appeals (92 South. 97 1), and he brings certiorari.

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Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Charlie Wade was convicted of mayhem, the judgment of conviction affirmed by the Court of Appeals (92 South. 97 1), and he brings certiorari. The Court of Appeals' erred in holding that section 4019, Code 1907, authorized the Court to deny to the defendant a public trial, and in holding that defendant was not denied a public trial as provided by section 6, Constitution 1901. 247 Fed. 394, 159 C. C. A. 448, L. R. A. 1918C, 1104; 89 Mich. 276, 50 N. W. 995, 14 L. R. A. 809, 28 Am. St. Rep. 302, 103 Cal. 242, 37 Pac. 153, 42 Am. St. Rep. 108; 75 Ohio St. 255, 79…

1Opinion of the Court

McCLELLAN, j.

This petition is Wade’s second application to this court for the writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in the cause of Charlie Wade v. State. The offense charged is mayhem. The first application was granted November 6, 1921,. reversing the Court of Appeals’ judgment of affirmance then under review. The opinion of this court is reported as Wade v. State, 92 South. 101. 2 ¡In construction of the provisions of section 6 of the Constitution of 1901 (assuring accused persons of the class to which petitioner belonged a “public trial”), and in construction of section 169 of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. OsborneOregon Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Wade v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  3. Wade v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Aaron v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  2. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  3. Stewart v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922
  4. Ex Parte JuddSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
  5. Lang v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960

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