Strickland v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. D. A. Greene. Ed. Strickland was convicted of murder, and be appeals. The defendant was indicted for killing one Abernathy by shooting him with a pistol. The facts on which the case was tried, as developed by the state’s testimony, were that complaint was made to some of the officers that gambling Avas going on at a certain house, and they Avere asked to put a stop to it.
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Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. D. A. Greene. Ed. Strickland was convicted of murder, and be appeals. The defendant was indicted for killing one Abernathy by shooting him with a pistol. The facts on which the case was tried, as developed by the state’s testimony, were that complaint was made to some of the officers that gambling Avas going on at a certain house, and they Avere asked to put a stop to it. Abernathy was a deputy sheriff, and went with several other officers to the house where the shooting occurred. Abernathy entered the door, and as he did so a fusilade…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The appellant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree. A motion in arrest of judgment,was made, assigning as one of the errors that no counsel had been appointed to defend the defendant, until after he had been arraigned and had pleaded to the indictment; and counsel in argument insist earnestly on this point. We find from an inspection of the record that, not only does it fail to disclose the fact that said defendant was not able to employ counsel, but it does state that, when the defendant wa s first arraigned, he appeared “in his own proper person and by attorney.” While…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jarvis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
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- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
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