Legal Opinion

Edmondson v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided March 3, 1942No. 8 Div. 218PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Judge.

Conviction of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Code 1940, Title 36, Section 2.

This appeal is direct from the local county court, as provided in the Act, No. 647, Local Acts, 1939, Section 29, p. 375.

The evidence was in conflict, that for the State adequately supporting the charge, that for the defendant supporting his plea of not guilty.

Under such circumstances, it was within the exclusive province of the trial court, sitting without a jury, to weigh the evidence and ascertain the truth of the is sue. 6 Alabama Digest, <®=>260(11); McCain v. State, Ala.App, 7 So.2d…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McCain v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1942

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. CummingsHawaii Supreme Court · 1967
  2. State v. TamanahaHawaii Supreme Court · 1962
  3. Evans v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951
  4. Huguley v. City of DemopolisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  5. State v. TamanahaHawaii Supreme Court · 1962

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