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Weaver v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Nov 25, 1969
45 Ala. App. 243 (Ala. Crim. App. 1969)

Opinion

8 Div. 11.

October 21, 1969. Rehearing Denied November 25, 1969.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Lawrence County, Reneau P. Almon, J.

Ralph E. Slate, Decatur, for appellant.

The Court committed reversible error in refusing to grant a mistrial to the defendant when the trial was delayed four days because of the death of the mother of one of the jurors and to grant the defendant a new trial based upon the same proposition.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Robert E. Morrow, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


Appellant was convicted of the offense of manslaughter in the first degree. She was sentenced to one year and one day in the state penitentiary.

After a full day of testimony, the appellant agreed to a separation of the jury overnight. Upon reconvening court the next morning the judge announced that one of the jurors was absent due to the death of his mother and announced that the case would be continued until the following Monday. The defendant moved for a mistrial. The motion was denied.

The motion for a mistrial was due to be granted. Spelce v. State, 20 Ala. App. 412, 103 So. 694; Hawes v. State, 88 Ala. 37, 7 So. 302.

The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

ALMON, J., not sitting.


Summaries of

Weaver v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Nov 25, 1969
45 Ala. App. 243 (Ala. Crim. App. 1969)
Case details for

Weaver v. State

Case Details

Full title:Elwanda Hendrix Widner WEAVER, alias v. STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Nov 25, 1969

Citations

45 Ala. App. 243 (Ala. Crim. App. 1969)
228 So. 2d 857

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