Lámar v. State

356 So.2d 680 (1977)

In re Maurice LAMAR

v.

STATE of Alabama.

Ex parte State of Alabama ex rel. Attorney General.

SC 2769.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 9, 1977.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Winston D. Durant, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, petitioner.

No brief for respondent.

SHORES, Justice.

Citing Morse v. State, 49 Ala.App. 203, 269 So.2d 916 (1972), and Lane v. State, 85 Ala. 11, 4 So. 730 (1887), the Court of Criminal Appeals, 356 So.2d 677 reversed the defendant's conviction because the trial court refused the following charge requested by the defendant:

". . . `The State must prove…