Pope v. State

PATTERSON, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Reginal W. Pope, was convicted of the crime of criminal solicitation of murder under § 13A-4-1, Code of Alabama 1975, and was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. His principal contention on appeal is that the trial court committed reversible error in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal made at the conclusion of the state’s case and his motion for a new trial, both based on the ground that the state failed to prove proper venue in Marengo County, Alabama, where he was indicted and tried. A statement of the facts is necessary to dispose of the…