Legal Opinion

Palmer v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided October 19, 1916PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from Geneva Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Jesse Palmer was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.

(1-3) One of the points pressed on our consideration in this case as requiring a reversal is that the indictment shows the defendant was jointly indicted with one Rudolph Jones, and the judgment entry and proceedings show he was separately tried, without affirmatively showing whether he was arraigned jointly or separately, while the record fails to disclose an order of severance; the contention being that the record should show an order of severance where the defendant was jointly indicted and separately tried,- and that its failure to disclose such an order requires a reversal, although no…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. McAdory v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
  2. Braham v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
  3. Jones v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  5. Byers v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Holsemback v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  2. Conley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  3. Charley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  4. Crumbley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1933
  5. Horsley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978

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