Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 1969

Weaver v. State

Weaver v. State
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided October 21, 1969 · Price, Almon
45 Ala. App. 243; 228 So. 2d 857; 1969 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 216

Weaver v. State

Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of manslaughter in the first degree. She was sentenced to one year and one day in the state penitentiary.

After a full day of testimony, the appellant agreed to a separation of the jury overnight. Upon reconvening court the next morning the judge announced that one of the jurors was absent due to the death of his mother and announced that the case would be continued until the following Monday. The defendant moved for a mistrial. The motion was denied.

The motion for a mistrial was due to be granted. Spelce v. State, 20 Ala.App. 412, 103 So. 694; Hawes v. State, 88 Ala. 37, 7 So. 302.

The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

ALMON, J., not sitting.

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