Opinion

Coats v. State

252 Ala. 666
42 So. 2d 593
1949 Ala. LEXIS 529

Court: Supreme Court of Alabama
Filed: Oct 27, 1949
Status: Published
Author: Simpson
On the bench: Simpson, Brown, Foster, Livingston, Lawson, Stakely
Cited by: 1 cases
Authority: More cited than 57.5%

The opinion

SIMPSON, Justice.

The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment of conviction because “some of the indicated excerpts from the court’s oral charge involve suggestions and intimations by the trial judge which cast discredit on the defendant’s claim of his innocence” and because “the jury

could have

placed this interpretation on some remarks contained in .the assertions.” (Emphasis supplied.)

We take it that by this conclusion the Court of Appeals meant that the trial court’s comments on the evidence probably resulted in prejudicial injury to the defendant. If so, a reversal was due. Kabase v. State, 244 Ala. 182 , 12 So.2d 766 (2).

So considered, the writ will be denied.

Writ denied.

BROWN, FOSTER, LIVINGSTON, LAWSON and STAKELY, JJ., concur.

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