Legal Opinion
Brooks v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided February 4, 1919No. 4 Div. 591PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Circuit Court, Dale County; J. S. Williams, Judge. Ezekiel Brooks, alias Zeke Brooks, was convicted of a crime and sentenced to imprisonment, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
The record and proceedings of the trial court appear to be regular in all things and free from error, up to and including the judgment of conviction. The judgment of sentence is in these words:
“It is therefore considered and adjudged by the court, and it is the judgment and sentence of the court, that the defendant, Ezekiel Brooks, alias Zeke Brooks, be and he is hereby sentenced to hard labor for Dale County for a term of 18 months, and also to a sufficient additional number of days at 75 cents a day to pay the costs of this prosecution.”
This sentence is erroneous In not specifying the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Barrentine v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
3Cited by2 opinions
- Coleman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
- Williams v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929