BUCKLES v. STATE

1 Div. 731.

280 So.2d 814 (1972)

In re James BUCKLES v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Don C. Dickert, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Thomas M. Haas, J. D. Quinlivan, Jr., Mobile, for respondent.


McCALL, Justice.

We granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari to review and reverse a decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals wherein that court held that when a defendant is being tried on charges of buying, receiving, concealing, or aiding in concealing stolen property, in violation of Tit. 14, § 338, Code of Alabama, 1940, it is misleading and reversible error for the trial court to orally charge the jury in the following manner:

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