Legal Opinion

James v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 8, 1920No. 1 Div. 360PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Baldwin County; A. E. Gamble, Judge. Alice James was convicted of murder, and she appeals. The facts sufficiently appear from the opinion of the court. Counsel discuss the assignments of error, but without citation of authority.

1Opinion of the CourtMerritt, J.

[1] Before entering upon the trial oí the defendant, the defendant moved to quash the venire because at the time it was drawn Fred. D. Scott was a nonresident of the state of Alabama, and not a qualified juror of Baldwin county, and upon the further ground that Harrison Townley, at the time he was selected and drawn as a juror on the special venire in this case, was dead, and not a qualified juror of Baldwin county, Ala. The court properly overruled the defendant’s motion. Chaney v. State, 31 Ala. 342; Young v. State, 149 Ala. 16, 43 South. 100; Barnes’ Case, 134 Ala. 36, 32 South. 670;…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Gregory v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
  2. Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
  3. Caddell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
  4. Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
  5. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Willis v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
  2. Means v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  3. Bowman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. Boyett v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977

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