Quinn v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. Early Quinn was tried for an assault witb intent to mnrder and convicted of an assault witb a weapon, and be appeals.
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Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. Early Quinn was tried for an assault witb intent to mnrder and convicted of an assault witb a weapon, and be appeals. Tbe evidence tended to present a case of self defense and defendant sought to prove prior threats committed against him by tbe prosecutor, and tbe court erred in declining to do so. — Burns v. The State, 49 Ala. 370; Roberts v. The State, 68 Ala. 156; DeArman v. The State, 71 Ala. 351; Lawrence v. The State, 84 Ala. 424; Rutledge v. The State, 88 Ala. 85; Burton v. The State, 115 Ala. 1; Gafforcl v. The…
1Per curiam
The appellant was indicted for assault on Aaron Whatley with intent to murder, and was convicted of assault with a weapon.
There was no error in sustaining the objection to the question to the witness Buck Maxwell, asking if the defendant was not badly beaten up and mnddy. There was no proof at the time this question was asked of any *118fight between the defendant and Aaron Whatley, the man who was shot,.but only a mention by John Whatley that he had had a fight with the defendant shortly before the shooting. The evidence sought was irrelevant to the issues in this case.
The witness Warren Barnes…
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