Trammell v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Chambers Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. From a conviction of manslaughter Sam Trammell appeals. Counsel discusses the action of the court in the organization of the jury and insist that the court was in error in not placing certain names upon the venire from which the jury was selected, but cites no authority in support thereof.
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Appeal from Chambers Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. L. Brewer. From a conviction of manslaughter Sam Trammell appeals. Counsel discusses the action of the court in the organization of the jury and insist that the court was in error in not placing certain names upon the venire from which the jury was selected, but cites no authority in support thereof. Counsel insists that the refusal of charge 1 was prejudicial error. — Kenedy’s Case, 140 Ala. 1; Snyder’s Case, 145 Ala. 33; Gaston’s Case, 49 S'o. 879; Arman, v. The State, 71 Ala. 351. The court was not in error in the method employed in…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
The defendant was indicted for murder, pleaded not guilty, was tried by a jury, found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, and as punishment therefor was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years.
The presiding judge drew 13 names from the jury box, under all the formalities of law, which, with the 37 names drawn and summoned for the week in which the case was set for trial, constituted the venire from which the jury was to be selected to try the defendant. The bill of exceptions shows that when the case was called “the defendant, after showing the court that 12 of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Prater v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Kennedy v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Shelton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Evans v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Kimbrough v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
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- Powell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
- Abercrombie v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
- Talley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Marsh v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
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