Legal Opinion

Haywood v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 6, 1966No. 7 Div. 748PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARWOOD, Justice.

The sole ground of the petition for a writ of certiorari relates to the refusal of the written requested affirmative charge with hypothesis requested by the appellant. Our review is limited to this ground, and we will of course look only to facts as stated by the Court of Appeals. Ex parte Thaggard, 276 Ala. 117, 159 So.2d 820.

We are in full accord with the opinion of the Court of Appeals and its application of the legal doctrines involved as applied to the facts.

Perhaps some further observations are indicated in response to appellant counsel’s strenuous argument here that…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Fiorella v. City of BirminghamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
  3. Allen v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1947
  4. Ex Parte ThaggardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Van Antwerp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. State v. SpurlockCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  3. Dunaway v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  4. Leu v. City of Mountain BrookCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  5. Ballou v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978

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