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Bailey v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Feb 13, 1940
193 So. 871 (Ala. Crim. App. 1940)

Summary

In Bailey v. State, 139 Tex.Cr.R. 260, 139 S.W.2d 599 (1940) the court reversed a robbery conviction in which a prisoner assaulted a jailer, took the keys to his cell and placed them under his cot inside the cell.

Summary of this case from Fitzgerald v. Estelle

Opinion

8 Div. 843.

June 30, 1939. Former Opinion Withdrawn and Affirmed February 13, 1940.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Colbert County; R. B. Carr, Special Judge.

Wiley Bailey was convicted of miscegenation, and he appeals.

Affirmed.

Certiorari granted by Supreme Court in Bailey v. State, 239 Ala. 2, 193 So. 873.

F. E. Throckmorton, of Tuscumbia, for appellant.

Thos. S. Lawson, Atty. Gen., and Prime F. Osborn, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


In accordance with the opinion of the Supreme Court in Ex parte State ex rel. Attorney General, Bailey v. State, 193 So. 873, the former opinion in this case is withdrawn, the submission set aside and certiorari granted to send up a corrected record. The return to the certiorari discloses a nol pros as to the second count of the indictment, leaving one count of the indictment charging the defendant with miscegenation, and judgment of conviction thereon.

And now, in conformity with the opinion of the Supreme Court in Ex parte State ex rel. Attorney General, Granston Rogers v. State, 193 So. 872 and Ex parte State ex rel. Attorney General, Bailey v. State, 193 So. 873,fn1 the former opinion in this case is withdrawn and the judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

NOTE. The foregoing opinion was prepared by the late Judge SAMFORD. Since his untimely death, this court has considered this case en banc. We are clear to the conclusion that said opinion is correct in all things; therefore, it is hereby approved and is made and adopted as the opinion of this court.


Summaries of

Bailey v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
Feb 13, 1940
193 So. 871 (Ala. Crim. App. 1940)

In Bailey v. State, 139 Tex.Cr.R. 260, 139 S.W.2d 599 (1940) the court reversed a robbery conviction in which a prisoner assaulted a jailer, took the keys to his cell and placed them under his cot inside the cell.

Summary of this case from Fitzgerald v. Estelle
Case details for

Bailey v. State

Case Details

Full title:BAILEY v. STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Feb 13, 1940

Citations

193 So. 871 (Ala. Crim. App. 1940)
29 Ala. App. 161

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