Sanderson v. State

KNIGHT, Justice.

This cause is before this court on petition of the state of Alabama for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals, to review and revise the opinion and judgment of said court in the case of Adam Sanderson v. State of Alabama, 181 So. 506.

The Court of Appeals reversed the case for the failure of the trial court to give at the written request of the defendant, charge numbered in the record 15, which is in words as follows:

“15. The court charges the jury that the defendant is authorized under the statute, to testify in his own behalf, and the jury have a right to give full…