Legal Opinion

Dunn v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided January 22, 1924No. 6 Div. 277PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.

The appellant was convicted for manufacturing prohibited liquors.

It was permissible for the state to sliow that Lem Barrentine was a deputy sheriff of Tuscaloosa county at the time he raided the still.

Where objection was sustained to a question ashed a state’s witness on cross-examination, hut the witness answered the question, the defendant, getting full benefit of the answer, was not prejudiced by the ruling of the court, and such ruling is not reversible error.

That portion of the argument of the solicitor was as follows: “I tell you that this defendant is guilty” — was merely an argument…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Segars v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  2. Baxley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
  3. Estes v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
  2. Galloway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  3. Hagood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
  4. Knighten v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
  5. Crews v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1928

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