Legal Opinion

Waldrop v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided February 7, 1961No. 1 Div. 835PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of robbery and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ten years.

The question of the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict, not having been raised in the trial court, is not presented for our review. See 7 Ala.Digest Criminal Law, ^1036(8) for numerous cases.

In Turner v. State, 238 Ala. 352, .19,1 So. 396, 398, the court said:

“In every criminal case the defendant is clothed with the presumption of .innocence, an abiding presumption to be overcome only by evidence of guilt removing all reasonable doubt. ' This…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  2. Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  3. Mitchell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1938
  4. Crews v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
  5. Dunn v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1930

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Robinson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967
  2. Johnson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967
  3. Bond v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967
  4. Guenther v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  5. Guenther v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968

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