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Nichol v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Jun 27, 1961
131 So. 2d 901 (Ala. Crim. App. 1961)

Opinion

7 Div. 650.

June 27, 1961.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Cherokee County, J.M. Snodgrass, J.

Keener Keener, Centre, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., for the State.


The defendant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of violating Section 128, Title 36, Code 1940.

The court assessed a fine of $100 and sentenced defendant to the state penitentiary for eighteen months. The fine and cost not having been paid, defendant was also sentenced to hard labor for the county to pay the fine and cost. The sentence imposed was unauthorized. In Bragan v. State, 243 Ala. 102, 9 So.2d 123, the court held that a sentence both to hard labor for the county and imprisonment in the penitentiary may not be imposed for one and the same offense.

The appeal is on the record proper. The judgment of conviction is affirmed. The cause is remanded for proper sentence.

Affirmed but remanded for proper sentence.


Summaries of

Nichol v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Jun 27, 1961
131 So. 2d 901 (Ala. Crim. App. 1961)
Case details for

Nichol v. State

Case Details

Full title:John W. NICHOL v. STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Jun 27, 1961

Citations

131 So. 2d 901 (Ala. Crim. App. 1961)
131 So. 2d 901