Legal Opinion

Dykes v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided December 14, 1948No. 1 Div. 576PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARR, Judge.

On an indictment charging murder in the first degree the accused was tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree.

Without dispute in the evidence the appellant killed his brother-in-law by shooting him with a rifle. -A justification vel non for the homicide'revolved around the factual issues relating to selDdefense. A jury question was clearly posed oii this query.

There were comparatively few objections interposed during the progress of the introduction of the evidence. We do not see -in any ruling incident thereto any question worthy of comment.

The only matter of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  2. Shikles v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1944
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
  4. Brown v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
  5. Twitty v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Seekers v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
  2. Freeman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  3. Metcalf v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958
  4. Suggs v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951
  5. Dykes v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949

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