Legal Opinion

Coggins v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided November 18, 1924No. 4 Div. 2PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.

The defendant was jointly indicted on a charge of unlawfully possessing a still, demanded a severance, and was tried alone.

The fact that defendant was granted a severance did not of itself relieve him of responsibility for the acts of those jointly engaged with him in the commission of the crime charged. Everything said and done by any of the parties in the carrying forward of the common purpose, at the time of the commission of the offense, was relevant and admissible in evidence.

We have carefully examined this record, and, while there áre many insistences of error, there appears to be no…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. PooleOregon Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Gaines v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1926
  3. Coggins v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925

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