Legal Opinion

Dukes v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided April 6, 1948No. 4 Div. 47PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARR, Judge.

The appellant and W. Dewey Pickron were jointly indicted under two counts of the indictment for grand larceny and receiving stolen property. The property involved was nine hogs. There was a severance granted, and the appellant was'tried and found guilty as charged.

The trial judge overruled ,a few objections to questions propounded to the accused while he was being examined on cross examination. Each of these inquiries related to matters that did not extend outside the bounds of legitimate cross examination, and clearly the court did not abuse his discretion in permitting the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Ross v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  2. Childress v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  3. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  4. Peterson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
  5. Moore v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ladd v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1957
  2. Latham v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  3. Welch v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  5. Steel v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954

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