Blevins v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, DeKalb County ; AY. AY. Haralson, Judge. Richard Blevins, alias Rich Blevins, was convicted of murder in the second degree,- and he appeals. The court should either have granted a continuance or quashed the venire. The action in eliminating the juror was certainly erroneous. 1 Ala. App. 144, 56 South. 11; 128 Ala. 12, 29 South. 200; 10 Ala.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, DeKalb County ; AY. AY. Haralson, Judge. Richard Blevins, alias Rich Blevins, was convicted of murder in the second degree,- and he appeals. The court should either have granted a continuance or quashed the venire. The action in eliminating the juror was certainly erroneous. 1 Ala. App. 144, 56 South. 11; 128 Ala. 12, 29 South. 200; 10 Ala. App. 22, 64 South. 530. The court erred in permitting the sheriff to say that he was shot with a rifle, and that Scott did not have a pistol. 17 -Cyc. 25; 16 Ala. App. 115, 75 South. 707; ,79 South. 394. The effort of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
The name of “John (AYhited, Farmer, Beat 13, Sulphur Spgs.,” appeared on' the venire ordered for the trial of appellant defendant. John W. AYhited of beat 25, a different man, was summoned by the sheriff and appeared for service as a juror. John AYhited of beat 13 was not summoned, nor did he appear. Defendant moved that the cause be continued until John AYhited could be summoned. The court solved the question thus presented by ordering the name of John AYhited to be stricken from the venire. The defendant then “objected to being placed upon trial with the number [of jurors] as it appeared…
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