Legal Opinion
Sims v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 1, 1950No. 6 Div. 999PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
The question on this appeal is the identity of appellant as the one who killed deceased by shooting him. Deceased was a watchman and the shooting was without provocation. Besides his confessions made to several different persons, there was further proof of the identity of his finger prints made after his arrest with some made of him on a former occasion. There is no question raised as to the competency of the witness taking the finger prints and explaining them. See, Leonard v. State, 18 Ala.App. 427, 93 So. 56.
During the examination of the witness, State’s counsel asked him…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ParkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
- The People v. HurryIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
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3Cited by16 opinions
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