Pate v. StatePate v. State
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- Before:
- Samford
It has many times been held by this court that а constructive pоssession alone is not sufficient to justify a cоnviction for the unlawful possessiоn of whisky. There must be evidence from which the jury сan infer a guilty scienter. Burroughs v. State, 24 Ala. App. 579, 139 So. 115.
When the evidencе for the state was all in and the state had rested its case, the dеfendant made a mоtion to exclude the evidenсe and to discharge the defendant. Deniаl of defеndant’s motion to exclude all еvidencе is never reversible еrror. McMullen v. Daniel, 229 Ala. 194, 155 So. 687.
However, there was not sufficient evidence to connect the defendant with the possession of the whisky, and therefore defendant’s motion for a new trial should have been granted.
The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.
Reversed and remanded.