Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 15, 1937No. 8 Div. 507PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SAMFORD, Judge.

Urgent insistence ■ is made by the appellant that the overwhelming weight of the evidence tends to prove the innocence of the defendant as against the offense charged, and to this end a motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial was made by the defendant in the court below; which motion was overruled. The action of the court in so ruling is here insisted upon as error.

There was a collision between the car driven by the defendant and a Ford V-8 truck, and much evidence was introduced as to the speed of the car and truck prior to the collision, and the position of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cobb v. MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  2. McGrew v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1926
  3. Ballard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1933
  4. Wallace v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
  5. Hargrove v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1927

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Van Antwerp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. Elmore v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  3. Lawrence v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
  4. Klingel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
  5. Ott v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950

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