Ellis v. State

Appellant was convicted of the offense of having carnal knowledge of a girl over 12 and under 16 years of age.

We adopt what is said by the Attorney General in his excellent brief filed on this appeal, as disposing correctly of the questions raised, namely:

“Defendant requested the general affirmative charge. This was properly refused, as there was sufficient evidence to go to the jury. Tatum v. State, 20 Ala. App. 436, 102 So. 726.

“ Defendant’s motion to require the state to elect under which count it would prosecute was properly overruled. There was no effort to convict the defendant of more…