Legal Opinion

Terry v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided April 2, 1918No. 8 Div. 561PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County ; W. W. Haralson, Judge. ' James Terry was tried and convicted of manslaughter, and from the judgment appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.

The only exceptions insisted upon are to the rulings of the court on the evidence. In answer to a question propounded by the solicitor, the witness Mc-Clannahan, who was testifying in behalf of the defendant, the witness said:

“I remember after the shooting that George Jenkins and Jim Matthews passed my house, and talking something about the case. In the conversation, I did not tell Jim Matthews in the presence of George Jenkins that Terry shot him down without any cause, or that Will Matthews was not doing a thing when Terry shot him. I did not tell him Matthews was not doing nothing and Jim…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McDaniel v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Blackwell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  2. Independent Life Ins. Co. v. VannAlabama Court of Appeals · 1930
  3. King v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1931
  4. Reeves v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1938

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