Woods v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bibb Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M Miller. Randall Woods was convicted of murder and he appeals. Counsel .discuss the motion to quash the indictment and to strike the venire, but in view of the opinion, it is not deemed necessary to here set it out.
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Appeal from Bibb Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. B. M Miller. Randall Woods was convicted of murder and he appeals. Counsel .discuss the motion to quash the indictment and to strike the venire, but in view of the opinion, it is not deemed necessary to here set it out. The court was in error in permitting Dr. Nicholson to testify as to the sanity of defendant at the time of a previous examination for a slight physical ailment. — Efoell v. State, 36 South. 1025; Porter v. State, 37 South. 81; McGhee v. State, 59 South. 573. Counsel object to the comments of the court on defendant’s given…
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J. —
The defendant was indicted for murder, and pleaded not guilty, and not guilty by reason of insanity. He was convicted by the jury, and sentenced to death.
The state, on the question of the insanity vel non of the defendant, introduced as a witness in its behalf Dr. W. J. Nicholson, who testified in substance as follows:
“That he had seen Randall Woods, the man on tidal, only one time since he had been in jail. That at that time he had a conversation with him, and was called to examine him in regard to his physical condition, and he questioned him. That he asked him about his…
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- Parrish v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Burney v. TorreySupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- McGhee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Dominick v. RandolphSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Odom v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
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