Legal Opinion

Wesson v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 15, 1939No. 6 Div. 434PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Justice.

Section 3258 of the Code 1923 provides : “In cases taken to the supreme court or court of appeals under the provisions of this chapter [chapter 74], no assignment of errors or joinder in errors is necessary; but the court must consider all questions apparent on the record or reserved by bill of exceptions, and must render such judgment as the law demands. But the judgment of conviction must not be reversed because of error in the record, when the court is satisfied that no injury resulted therefrom to the defendant.”

It has been said that this statute, construed in pari materia…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Donnelly v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Levison v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1846
  4. Stone v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  5. Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  2. Vernon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  3. De Graaf v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
  4. Payne v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  5. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956

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