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Supreme Court of Alabama, 1950

Woods v. State

Woods v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided March 2, 1950 · Brown, Gardner
253 Ala. 322; 44 So. 2d 772; 1950 Ala. LEXIS 237

Woods v. State

Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Justice.

The statement of the solicitor in argument was the 'statement of a fact not in evidence and violated the rule of legitimate argument to the jury. Cross v. State, 68 Ala. 476. We are, therefore, of opinion that the petition for certiorari should be denied.

Writ denied.

All the Justices concur except Gardner, C. J., not sitting.

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