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Simon v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Dec 14, 1944
20 So. 2d 103 (Ala. 1944)

Opinion

1 Div. 213.

December 14, 1944.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; D. H. Edington, Judge.

Wm. N. McQueen, Acting Atty. Gen., for the State.


The defendant was duly convicted of murder in the second degree and his punishment fixed "at life imprisonment in the penitentiary."

The verdict of the jury as rendered is a sufficient compliance with the statute. Code 1940, Tit. 14, § 318; Miller v. State, 54 Ala. 155; Paine v. State, 89 Ala. 26, 8 So. 133; Scott v. State, 211 Ala. 270, 100 So. 211.

The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.

Affirmed.

GARDNER, C.J., and FOSTER and STAKELY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Simon v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Dec 14, 1944
20 So. 2d 103 (Ala. 1944)
Case details for

Simon v. State

Case Details

Full title:SIMON v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Dec 14, 1944

Citations

20 So. 2d 103 (Ala. 1944)
246 Ala. 223

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