Crews v. State

Jun 29, 1928
5 Div. 694.
Reporters:
,
Before:
Somerville
SOMERVILLE, J.

(answering the foregoing inquiry). “We are of the opinion that the charge in ‍​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‍question is, upon its face, subject to objection, and may be properly refused. We think, also, it could be giveh without error. The objection to its giving is ‍​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‍stated in Koch v. State, 115 Ala. 99, 105, 22 So. 471, 473, where it is said:

“Such a charge is not in keeping with the well-established procedure for the proper ‍​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‍determination of the issues in a cause, in which a party always invites the jury to believe, and avouches the truth of the evidence he introduces. He may ‍​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‍not, therefore, in an instruction he asks, predicate a verdict in his favor upon a disbelief by the jury of> his own evidence.”

See, also, McConnell v. Adair, 147 Ala. 599, 41 ‍​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‍So. 419, and Love v. State, ante, p. 66, 117 So. 400.

All the Justices concur.