Roden v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Murder. Appeal from Marshall Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Haralson. Buck Roden was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. The following charges were refused to the defendant: “(A) You have a right to look at the interest, bias, kinship with the deceased, if any, of the state’s witnesses. “(B) There is evidence before you tending to show that the deceased did strike the defendant.
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Murder. Appeal from Marshall Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Haralson. Buck Roden was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion. The following charges were refused to the defendant: “(A) You have a right to look at the interest, bias, kinship with the deceased, if any, of the state’s witnesses. “(B) There is evidence before you tending to show that the deceased did strike the defendant. “(C) The evidence tends to show that the deceased did strike the defendant with knucks. “(D) If the defendant was not going down the road for the purpose…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, J.(1) The indictment contains but a single count, charging the offense of murder in the second degree and embracing the charge of manslaughter in both degrees.—Stoball v. State, 116 Ala. 454, 23 South. 162.
*109(2) The form of the verdict returned by the jury was:
“We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, and fix his punishment at seven years in the penitentiary.”
This verdict was sufficiently specific and in proper form, and the words interlined in the verdict by the trial judge by consent of the defendant may be treated as surplusage. The verdict must be…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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