Legal Opinion

Oldacre v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 18, 1916PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Morgan Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Levi Oldacre was convicted of murder in the first degree and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment in which the sentence of death is imposed, under an indictment charging murder in the first degree. The record proper has been carefully examined, and we find no error which can work a reversal. The defendant is here represented by counsel, who have filed an elaborate brief, and no point is made as to the sufficiency of the record proper.

No objection appears to have been made as to the venire or any venireman. No objection or exception appears as to any ruling on the evidence. The state’s evidence, if believed, was ample to support the verdict rendered. It…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Storey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Brewington v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1923
  2. Kyser v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
  3. Love v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919
  4. Powe v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  5. Smith v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940

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