Maddox v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. H. B. Postee. Collins Maddox was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals. The witness Lucinda Murray, being on the stand, was asked the following questions and made the following answers, to which objections were made and overruled, and to which exceptions were reserved: “(1) State whether Collins Maddox, after the cutting, went home, and got a gun, and came back up there.
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Appeal from Tuscaloosa County Court. Heard before Hon. H. B. Postee. Collins Maddox was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals. The witness Lucinda Murray, being on the stand, was asked the following questions and made the following answers, to which objections were made and overruled, and to which exceptions were reserved: “(1) State whether Collins Maddox, after the cutting, went home, and got a gun, and came back up there. A. He went home, and got a gun, and came back there, where she and others were with Jesse Davis'[the man who was alleged to have been killed by a cut from…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
It has been uniformly held in this state, in homicide cases, that the conduct, demeanor, and expressions of the accused, at or about the time of the homicide, are matters admissible in evidence against, but not for him, unless part of the res gestas. — McManus’ Case, 36 Ala. 292; Blount’s Case, 49 Ala. 381; Miller’s Case, 107 Ala. 40, 19 South. 37; Johnson’s Case, 17 Ala. 623; Henry’s Case, 79 Ala. 42; Armor v. State, 63 Ala. 173; Levison v. State, 54 Ala. 520; Reeves v. State, 96 Ala. 33, 11 South. 296; Pate v. State, 94 Ala. 14, 10 South. 665; Campbell v. State, 23 Ala. 44. This court has…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1853
- Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
- Levison v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Willingham v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Hayes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
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