Legal Opinion

Houston v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 4, 1923No. 6 Div. 585PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, C. J.

There was no error in permitting the witness Felton to testify as to the identity of the shells. This evidence w.as relevant and admissible, and, whether weak or strong, its probative force was for the jury.

The trial court will not- be put in error for an abuse of its discretion, upon the recross-examination of the witness Felton, in’ declining to permit defendant’s counsel to ask said witness if he was telling the truth or had told the truth as to certain parts of his testimony, especially when the witness had just previously stated that he was telling the truth, and was not lying. The other…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. McDonald v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
  2. Whitehead v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
  4. Welsh v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
  5. Dennis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  2. Travis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  4. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
  5. McBryar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979

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