Legal Opinion
Lee v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 27, 1933No. 8 Div. 492PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Justice.
The appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the offepse of arson in the first degree, the offense denounced by section 3289 of the Code of 1923, as amended by the act approved September 9, 1927, entitled “An Act to amend Sections 3289, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3293 and 3294 of the Code of Alabama, relating to the crime of arson and attempt to commit arson.” Gen. Acts 1927, pp. 552-554.
The appellant on his trial questioned the constitutionality of said act, and this question has been submitted to this court by the Court of Appeals.
Appellant’s first contention is that the act…
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