Baldwin v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bullock. Tried before the Hon. Jesse M. Carmichael. The appellant in this case was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. Under the opinion in this case it is not necessary to set out the facts in detail.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bullock. Tried before the Hon. Jesse M. Carmichael. The appellant in this case was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. Under the opinion in this case it is not necessary to set out the facts in detail. Upon the hearing of all the evidence, the defendant requested the court to give to the jury the following written charges, and separately excepted to the court’s refusal to give each of them as asked : (A.) “Unless the evidence against the defendant is…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
The defendant was indicted for mur*14der in the first degree, tried, convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to inqn’isonment in the penitentiary for ten years. The questions reserved do not-require any extended discussion of the facts of the case or of the legal questions involved. The first exception is upon the ruling of the court, in allowing the prosecution to challenge for cause the juror Bunkley. The record shows that this juror had been summoned as a witness in the case, both by the prosecution and the defendant. The question is not an open one in this State. It has been…
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