Carr v. State.
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Houston County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Victor Carr was convicted of burglary, and he appeals. The state did not meet the burden of showing that the' confessions were voluntarily made, and hence erred in admitting the testimony of Domingas, 16 Corpus Juris, 717; 84 Ala. 426, 4 South. 383; 181 Ala. 23, 61 South. 377? 127 Ala. 100, 28 South. 558. The corpus delicti had' not been proven, and therefore they were inadmissible.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Houston County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Victor Carr was convicted of burglary, and he appeals. The state did not meet the burden of showing that the' confessions were voluntarily made, and hence erred in admitting the testimony of Domingas, 16 Corpus Juris, 717; 84 Ala. 426, 4 South. 383; 181 Ala. 23, 61 South. 377? 127 Ala. 100, 28 South. 558. The corpus delicti had' not been proven, and therefore they were inadmissible. It was not shown that the ownership of the store was proved as laid. The objections to Domingas’ testimony came too late. 192 Ala. 373, 68 South.…
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.
The defendant, a white boy 16 or 17 years of age, a crippled paralytic, who walked with a crutch, was indicted and convicted of the offense of burglary; the nature of the charge being that he broke into and entered the store of S. T. Saliba. The property alleged to have been stolen was some pennies and cigarettes. The state relied for a. conviction principally upon the confession of the accused and upon the testimony of Orlanda Jones, a 14 year old boy, who by his own testimony appears to have been an accomplice of the defendant in the commission of the act complained of.
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- Floyd v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
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- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
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