Legal Opinion

Jackson v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 30, 1925No. 8 Div. 260PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBricken, P. J.

From a judgment of conviction for a violation of the prohibition law this appeal was taken.

The principal insistence of error is based upon the refusal of the court to direct a verdict for defendant as requested in writing. The contention in the court below, and here, being made upon the grounds that the ■evidence in this case, failed to meet the burden resting upon the state, and that upon the whole evidence, as a matter of law, the defendant should have been acquitted.

This court has read the evidence adduced upon the trial, and has given it careful consideration. As a result we are…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Woodson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
  2. Lee v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922
  3. Anderson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Nixon & Phillips v. GrantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  2. Smith v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1931

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