Legal Opinion
Thompson v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided February 26, 1918No. 8 Div. 570PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lauderdale County; C. P. Almon, Judge. Will Thompson was convicted of homicide, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBricken, J.
On this appeal the only error complained of related to excerpts from the general oral charge of the court, it being insisted that in these instances the court, in violation of section 5362 of the Code of 1907, charged upon the effect of the evidence. The portions of the charge excepted to are as follows:
“(1) Now, gentlemen, if Turner Hill and Clyde Wilcoxon had had a difficulty, and that difficulty had ended and was over, and the three defendants went in hunt of Clyde to renew the difficulty, and Price Hill pointed Clyde out to Turner, and Turner threw the pistol on Clyde and commenced to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lacey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
- Mobile Light & R. R. v. Walsh, C.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1906
- Winter v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Fuller v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
- Pratt Cons. Coal Co. v. MortonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
3Cited by1 opinion
- Williams v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951