Legal Opinion

Hewett v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 13, 1936No. 7 Div. 348PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GARDNER, Justice.

The appeal is upon the record, without bill of exceptions, from a judgment of conviction for murder in the first degree, with the infliction of life imprisonment as the penalty.

There appears no error in the record proper. Scott v. State, 228 Ala. 509, 154 So. 113.

The record discloses charges given for defendant, and some refused, with no reference to any oral charge of the court. Appellant argues error as to the refused charges. But in the absence of a bill of exceptions, these are matters not here subject to review. Preston v. State, ante, p. 285, 164 So. 571; Levert v.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
  2. Levert v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  3. Jiles v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  4. Preston v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Braswell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941

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