Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Petition by the State of Alabama, on the relation of Harwell G. Davis, as its Attorney General, for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to -review and revise the judgment of said court .reversing and remanding the appeal of Jimmie Brown v. State, 90 South. 278. The Court of Appeals was wrong in holding that the evidence was improperly admitted. Sections 21, 23, 29%, and 37, p. 17 et seq., Acts 1915. Brief of counsel did not reach the Reporter.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The only question presented for review is the correctness of the decision of the Court of Appeals (90 South. 278), reversing the trial court, that, on a trial under an indictment making no reference to defendant’s former conviction, evidence was not admissible directed to showing the conviction of the defendant for violating the prohibition laws on another previous occasion. The argument is that the pertinent rule of evidence declared in section 23, page 48, of the General Acts of 1915 (also section 29%, page 30, of the Acts for the same year), in connection with section 21, page 17, of the…
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