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Grimes v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
May 26, 1931
134 So. 920 (Ala. Crim. App. 1931)

Opinion

4 Div. 771.

May 26, 1931.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Coffee County; W. L. Parks, Judge.

Harry Adams, of Enterprise, for appellant.

Thos. E. Knight, Jr., Atty. Gen., for the State.


This court en banc has read and considered the evidence in this case, and has reached the conclusion that such evidence is not sufficient to justify a verdict of guilt. The court erred to a reversal in holding otherwise. Hackworth v. State, 19 Ala. App. 682, 96 So. 941; Huckabaa v. State, 23 Ala. App. 333, 125 So. 202; McKinnon v. State, 22 Ala. App. 654, 119 So. 596; Clayton v. State, 22 Ala. App. 276, 114 So. 787; Vinson v. State, 22 Ala. App. 112, 113 So. 86; Coggins v. State, 23 Ala. App. 135, 122 So. 186.

The judgment of conviction from which this appeal was taken is reversed, and the cause remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

See, also, 23 Ala. App. 511, 128 So. 120.


Summaries of

Grimes v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
May 26, 1931
134 So. 920 (Ala. Crim. App. 1931)
Case details for

Grimes v. State

Case Details

Full title:John F., alias John Will, GRIMES v. STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: May 26, 1931

Citations

134 So. 920 (Ala. Crim. App. 1931)
24 Ala. App. 642