Gray v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Johnny Gray, Jr., was convicted of rape in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Questions of law were reserved on the trial by defendant and it was made known to the court that the defendant desired to take an appeal to this court. Judgment was rendered against the defendant and bond was allowed, but execution of sentence was not suspended pending the appeal, as required by Title 15, Section 372, Code of Alabama of 1940. (Gray v. State of Alabama, post p. 12, 200 So. 2d 514.

Thereafter the defendant…