Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 26, 1919No. 3 Div. 381PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Autauga County; Leon McCord, Judge. Fred Harris was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and the death penalty was imposed.

The entire record has been examined pursuant to the statutes made and provided for such cases.

[1] The minute entry shows that on December 28, 1918, the “judge, of the Fifthteenth judicial circuit in said state, in vacation, drew from the jury box of said county” the names of 52 persons, to serve as “petit jurors for the second, or criminal week of this term of this court,” though the term recited in the caption of such minute entry is “Fall Term, December 28, 1918.” The minute entry is self-corrective, in…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gassenheimer v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  2. Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1864
  3. Clinton Mining Co. v. BradfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  4. Daughdrill v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
  5. Russell v. BushSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  2. Reed v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922
  3. Stephens v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  5. May v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925

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