Giles v. State

Kidnapping; sentence: ten years imprisonment. Title 14, § 6, Code of Ala. 1940 [now § 13-1-23, Code of Ala. 1975].

The appellant contends the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to give his Requested Charge No. 24 which is as follows:

"The Court charges the jury that if, after considering all the evidence in this case, there is a reasonable doubt as to the presence of the Defendant near the scene of the alleged crime, then you should not convict the Defendant."

The substance of the above charge has been approved inStewart v. State, 25 Ala. App. 266, 145 So. 162 (1932), cert.…