WRIGHT v. STATE

8 Div. 793.

79 So.2d 74 (1955)

William Claud WRIGHT v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 31, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard F. Sykes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robt. Straub, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Owen Bridges, Montgomery, of counsel, for the Petition.

Bradshaw, Barnett & Haltom, E. B. Haltom, Jr., Florence, opposed.


STAKELY, Justice.

The Court of Appeals in its opinion said:

"It is now the well settled rule in this jurisdiction that a separation of a jury during the trial of a felony creates, prima facie, a cause for reversible error. A separation being shown, the burden is on the State to affirmatively establish that the separated juror or jurors were subjected to no influences or contacts that might have influenced their verdict. * * * "This rule is so zealously...

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