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Sterrett v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
May 27, 1943
13 So. 2d 780 (Ala. 1943)

Opinion

6 Div. 152.

May 27, 1943.

Certiorari to Court of Appeals.

Wm. N. McQueen, Acting Atty. Gen., and John W. Vardaman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the petition.

Beddow, Ray Jones, of Birmingham, opposed.

Petition of the State, by its Attorney General, for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that Court in the case of Sterrett v. State, 13 So.2d 776, wherein a judgment of conviction of first degree manslaughter was reversed.


In denying the writ in this cause we do not intend to indicate approval of the opinion in the treatment of the refused charges therein discussed. But the reversal is also rested, as shown by the opinion of the Court of Appeals, upon the conclusion of that Court the motion for a new trial should have been granted upon the theory the verdict was contrary to the decided weight of the evidence. We therefore rest denial of the writ upon the last considered question.

Writ denied.

BOULDIN, FOSTER, and LAWSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Sterrett v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
May 27, 1943
13 So. 2d 780 (Ala. 1943)
Case details for

Sterrett v. State

Case Details

Full title:STERRETT v. STATE

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: May 27, 1943

Citations

13 So. 2d 780 (Ala. 1943)
244 Ala. 367

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