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Deese v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
May 23, 1939
189 So. 218 (Ala. Crim. App. 1939)

Opinion

4 Div. 451.

May 23, 1939.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Russell County; J. S. Williams, Judge.

A. L. Patterson and W. R. Belcher, both of Phenix City, for appellant.

Thos. S. Lawson, Atty. Gen., and John W. Vardaman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


This case is a companion to the case of Guy Hardis v. State, Ala.App., 189 So. 216, the appellants in each of the same having been tried, below, for the same offense, jointly. Upon the authority of what has been written by Judge Samford in the Guy Hardis case, supra, the judgment of conviction, here, is reversed, and the cause remanded.

Ante, p. 524.

Reversed and remanded.


Summaries of

Deese v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
May 23, 1939
189 So. 218 (Ala. Crim. App. 1939)
Case details for

Deese v. State

Case Details

Full title:Floyd DEESE v. STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: May 23, 1939

Citations

189 So. 218 (Ala. Crim. App. 1939)
189 So. 218

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