Rambo v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of ¿Geneva- Tried before the Hon. John P. Htjbbard. The appellant in this case,' Marshall Rambo, was jointly indicted with Sewell Cook for the robbery of John Huttman. On the demand of defendant a severance was granted and' Rambo was tried separately. He was convicted of an “assault with the intent to fob,” and was sentenced to the penitentiary- for four years.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of ¿Geneva- Tried before the Hon. John P. Htjbbard. The appellant in this case,' Marshall Rambo, was jointly indicted with Sewell Cook for the robbery of John Huttman. On the demand of defendant a severance was granted and' Rambo was tried separately. He was convicted of an “assault with the intent to fob,” and was sentenced to the penitentiary- for four years. Before entering upon the trial of the case, the defeu dant moved the court to quash the venire of this canse, for the reason that no special venire had been drawn by the court from the jury box and…
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, J
The presiding judge evidently overlooked the difference in the'phraseology Of the act of 1884-85 under which Chamblee’s case (78 Ala. 466) was decided and which phraseology was' carried' into the act of February, 1887, and the section of the Code (5004) under which the special venire in this case was drawn. The difference was pointed out in Adams v. The State, 133 Ala. 166; 31 So. Rep. 851. The same error was committed in that case that was committed upon the trial of this with respect to ordering one special venire for the trial or two or more capital cases. Indeed with respect to…
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- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
- Chamblee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1877
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