CAWTHON v. STATE

4 Div. 584.

47 So.2d 200 (1950)

CAWTHON v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 22, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence T. Oakley, of Dothan, for appellant.

A. A. Carmichael, Atty. Gen., and Jas. L. Screws, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


SIMPSON, Justice.

The appeal is from a conviction of murder in the second degree and a sentence of 65 years' imprisonment for the killing of Audrey Mae Branch by stabbing her with a knife.

This is typically one of those cases peculiarly for the decision of the jury and there is really not much to be said. Few exceptions, none meritorious, were reserved pending trial and the principal argument for reversal is the refusal of several written charges requested...

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