Legal Opinion

Powell v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 23, 1958No. 8 Div. 935PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWYN, Justice.

This is a petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the decision of that court in Powell v. State of Alabama, 100 So.2d 38. The portion of the opinion claimed by petitioner to be laid in error is the holding that the solicitor’s questioning of various witnesses was not error to reverse. It is apparent that the Court of Appeals, in so holding, invoked the rule of “error without injury.” We have held that certiorari will not be granted on the application of that doctrine unless the facts are fully stated in the opinion. Shouse v. State, 258…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Powell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1957
  2. Shouse v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  3. Armstrong v. BlackwoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Faircloth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  2. Sparks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1970
  3. Core v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  4. McMullian v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  5. McMullian v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973

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