Warren v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Robert C. Brickell. John Warren was convicted of murder and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
Appellant was indicted and convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The trial court instructed the jury in part as follows: “This defendant is indicted for murder in the first degree. The indictment also charges murder in the second degree. The state has requested me, in writing, to charge you that if you believe the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, you must find the defendant guilty of murder. I am going to give you that charge. So, then, gentlemen, it is only necessary for me to charge you, then, upon murder in the first and second…
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