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Kelly v. StateKelly v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals
Jun 8, 1937
4 Div. 349.
Reporters:
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Before:
Rice
RICE, Judge.

If we are to be consistent — and we propose to be — we must ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‍reverse the judgments of conviction here appealed *585 from on the authority of our own decision in the case of Robertson v. State, 24 Ala.App. 237, 133 So. 742. Here, as in the case ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‍cited, the indictment charged, in the proper way, the offense of robbery. But that included, as pointed out in the authorities cited in our Robertson Case, supra, the lesser offenses ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‍of larceny and assault and battery.

Appellants, here, were entitled to have the jury so instructed. And for the refusal of their written requested charges numbered in pencil on the transcript ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‍1 and 4, the judgments of conviction are reversed and the cause remanded. We find no other erroneous ruling — the action of the court in overruling appellants’ motion to ‍‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‍set aside the verdict and grant them a new trial not being presented.

Reversed and remanded.

Case Details

Case Name: Kelly v. State
Court Name: Alabama Court of Appeals
Date Published: Jun 8, 1937
Citations: 176 So. 806; 27 Ala. App. 584; 1937 Ala. App. LEXIS 143; 4 Div. 349.
Docket Number: 4 Div. 349.
Court Abbreviation: Ala. Ct. App.
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