Moreland v. State

The defendant was convicted of arson in the first degree and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.

I

Error to reverse cannot be predicated upon the failure of the trial court to grant the defendant's motion to strike a juror for cause for being over sixty-five years of age. There is no evidence in the record that the juror was actually over sixty-five years old. Consequently the ruling of the trial court is presumed to be correct and there is nothing for this court to review. Lee v. State, 23 Ala. App. 29, 120 So. 299 (1929).

II

The indictment charged that the defendant "did willfully set fire…