Legal Opinion
Sanders v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 30, 1965No. 6 Div. 130PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
Appellant, Riley Sanders, was tried on an indictment containing two counts. The first count charged him with the murder in the first degree of Thomas B. Marks, and the second count charged him with robbery of the same person.
Sanders was unable to employ counsel,.so prior to arraignment the trial court, und.er the provisions of § 318, Title 15, Code 1940, appointed able members of the Jefferson County Bar to represent him.
Before arraignment, Sanders filed a motion “to require the solicitor to furnish to' his attorneys any information held by 'him' in the form of purported…
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3Cited by71 opinions
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