Legal Opinion

Buckhanon v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided February 2, 1915PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Murder. Appeal from Randolph Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. George Buckbanon was convicted of manslaughter and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

The appellant killed Saunt Ragsdale by shooting him with a gun in a cotton patch near the home of the deceased, and for this he" was indicted for ■ murder in the first degree, and was tried and convicted for manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of four years. The only questions presented for review here arise from the refusal of the court to give charges numbered 3, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 22.

The evidence on the part of the state tended to show that appellant, a few minutes before the killing, with *37gun in band, passed through the yard of the deceased,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  2. Watkins v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  4. Wildman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Arrington v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1931
  2. Barnett v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
  3. Fox v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
  4. Canellos v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919
  5. Evans v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1919

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