HILL v. STATE

7 Div. 34.

239 So.2d 910 (1970)

James Leon HILL v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

October 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Baker, Rainsville, for appellant.

No brief from state.


CATES, Judge.

Voluntary manslaughter: ten years.

I

Hill testified in his own behalf. He did not bring any proof as to his good repute.

The State called a rebuttal witness who, over objection, was allowed to testify that Hill enjoyed a bad reputation for turbulence and violence in the community. The court's ruling was error. Bedsole v. State, 274 Ala. 603, 150 So.2d 696; Pugh v. State, 42 Ala.App. 499, ...

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