Legal Opinion

Lewis v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided April 14, 1936No. 4 Div. 213PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

This prosecution grew out of a deplorable tragedy wherein the life of an estimable woman was lost by having been struck by an automobile driven by this appellant.

This is the second appeal in this case. 26 Ala.App. 515, 162 So. 552.

We find''upon investigation that evidence upon the former trial was practically the same as that adduced upon the second trial from the judgment of which this appeal was taken. This is substantially true also as to the points of decision involved. On the former appeal this court held that the evidence afforded merely a scintilla of the guilt…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Ex Parte GrimmettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  2. Randolph v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  3. Buffalo Rock Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  4. Norwood Hospital v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  5. J. C. Byram & Co. v. LivingstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Willis v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940
  2. Holman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1952
  3. Downey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941

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