Opinion

Graham v. State

  • 49 Ala. App. 547
  • 274 So. 2d 103
  • 1972 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 848
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Filed
Dec 5, 1972
Status
Published
Author
Cates
On the bench
Cates
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 65.9%

The opinion

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Voluntary manslaughter: sentence, “imprisonment in the Penitentiary * * * for the term of one (1) year.”

In Hanby v. State, 267 Ala. 69 , 101 So.2d 562 , we find:

“ * * * Under the decisions of the appellate courts of this state a convicted de *548 fendant should be sentenced to the county jail or to hard labor for the county, not to the penitentiary, where punishment is fixed at imprisonment for one year. Wade v. State, 29 Ala.App. 115 , 192 So. 425 , and the many cases there cited; Brown v. State, 32 Ala.App. 433 , 26 So.2d 629 ; § 325, Title 15, Code 1940, as amended. Where an improper sentence of the kind with which we are presently concerned is given, the proper procedure is to remand for correct sentence. * * * ”

We have considered the entire record under Code 1940, T. 15, § 389 and consider that the judgment of conviction is due to be affirmed, but the cause is due to be remanded for proper sentence. Code 1940, T. 15, § 325 is paramount to T. 14, § 322.

Affirmed; remanded for proper sentence.

All the Judges concur.

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