Legal Opinion

Bristow v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 23, 1931No. 7 Div. 759PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.

Appellant was indicted for the offense of murder in the first degree.

He was tried, convicted of the offense of manslaughter in the first degree, and appealed 'from the judgment of conviction on that trial to this court.

Here the same was reversed. See Bristow v. State, 23. Ala. App. 560, 129 So. 296.

Again he was put on trial, again convicted of the offense of manslaughter in the first degree, and the present appeal results.

There seems no necessity for us to discuss at length the testimony. It presents a sorry picture.

There is no dispute but that appellant, deceased, and a number of other men,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Tidwell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1881
  2. Dennis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  3. Goff v. SellersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  4. Hardy v. RandallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  5. Bristow v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1930

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Barbour v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  2. Rowe v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  3. Grant v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  4. Vinson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940
  5. Bristow v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931

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