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70 So. 2d 802
Ala.
1954
SIMPSON, Justice.

Answering your inquiry of January 5, 1954, propounded to this court under authority of § 88, Title 13, Code 1940, our view is that the quoted argument of the solicitor who prosecuted for the State did not go beyond the limits of legitimate forensic discussion. While the bare quotations may not give us a true picture of the exact status of the argument, it would seem to us that the statements of the solicitor were merely arguendo of his opinion of the case and what the result of the jury’s verdict should be. This case should be ruled by such cases as Davidson v. State, 211 Ala. 471(5), 100 So. 641; Bridges v. State, 26 Ala.App. 1, 152 So. 51, certiorari denied, 228 Ala. 72, 152 So. 54; Snoddy v. State, 20 Ala.App. 168(21), 101 So. 303.

The foregoing are to be distinguished from Johnson v. State, 246 Ala. 630, 22 So.2d 105, and cases there cited, in that the statements by the solicitor in these latter cases were made as a fact.

All the Justices concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Sanders v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Feb 25, 1954
Citations: 70 So. 2d 802; 260 Ala. 323; 1954 Ala. LEXIS 621; 5 Div. 420
Docket Number: 5 Div. 420
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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