Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided February 2, 1965No. 8 Div. 983PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was convicted of a violation <of Title 29, Section 98, Code of Alabama, 1940.

The state’s evidence tended to show that ■defendant, a clerk in a grocery store, sold .a pint of whiskey to an Alcoholic Beverage ■Control Enforcement Officer.

Under the case of Roden v. State, 3 Ala.App. 202, 58 So. 72, the solicitor’s argument to the jury must work a reversal of the judgment of conviction. The solicitor ■.shed tears in front of the jury and stated, “A kid could have got it — ” Objection to this statement was overruled. He stated further: “It could go uncontrolled…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Roden v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
  2. Roden v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Racine v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  2. McClary v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  3. McClary v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
  4. Patton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  5. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975

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