Legal Opinion
Coats v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided July 19, 1949No. 8 Div. 674PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CARR, Judge.
The defendant below was convicted of having illegal whiskey in his possession.
The court in his oral charge delineated •and discussed the evidence in detail.
Exceptions were timely reserved to the following excerpts:
“Did he go five miles and a half that night after midnight to Floyd Coats’ house and carry with him a pint of whiskey, or did he go there to get whiskey.”
“Now the State offers Eugene Jackson who tells you that he came to get his brother. Where did he come? How did he know to go there?”
“Did they go to get liquor as the State’s Witness Grady Jackson says they did get out…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- George v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Craig & Co. v. Pierson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Tarver v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
- Bailey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1942
- Simmons v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Steel v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950