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Brooks v. StateBrooks v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals
Feb 4, 1919
4 Div. 591.
Reporters:
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Before:
Brown
BROWN, P. J.

The record and proceedings of the trial court appear to be regular in all things and ‍‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‍free from error, up to and including the judgment of conviction. The judgment of sentence is in these words:

“It is therefore considered and adjudged by the court, and it is the judgment and sentence ‍‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‍of the court, that the defendant, Ezekiel Brooks, alias Zeke Brooks, be and he is hereby sentenced to hard labor for Dale County for a term of 18 months, and also to a sufficient ‍‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‍additional number of days at 75 cents a day to pay the costs of this prosecution.”

This sentence is erroneous In not specifying the number of days as required by the statute. Barrentine v. State, 3 ‍‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‍Ala. App. 188, 57 South. 1025; Code 1907, § 7635; William Duff, alias, etc., v. State, 81 South, 893.

The judgment of conviction is affirmed, thie sentence is set aside and annulled, and the cause remanded to the ‍‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‍trial court for proper sentence.

Judgment of conviction affirmed; sentence set aside and annulled; remanded fpr proper sentence.

Case Details

Case Name: Brooks v. State
Court Name: Alabama Court of Appeals
Date Published: Feb 4, 1919
Citations: 81 So. 184; 16 Ala. App. 664; 1919 Ala. App. LEXIS 17; 4 Div. 591.
Docket Number: 4 Div. 591.
Court Abbreviation: Ala. Ct. App.
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