Key v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Justice.
Under repeated rulings by this court it was permissible, after the defendant on cross-examination of the State’s witness has brought out part of a transaction or conversation, for the State to show the entire .transaction or conversation. Richardson v. State, 237 Ala. 11, 186 So. 580; Wesson v. State, 238 Ala. 399, 191 So. 249.
In Shamberger v. State, 221 Ala. 538, 130 So. 70, 71, after the State’s witness had testified that: “Dan Shamberger, and his brother Horace, with threats against his life, commandeered * * * him and Morris Chaney, * * * took them to the site of an old…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Wesson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Shamberger v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
3Cited by10 opinions
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Abercrombie v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
- Hocutt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Scott v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
- Colvin v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
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