Baldwin v. State, 7 Div. 413

Decision Date29 October 1936
Docket Number7 Div. 413
Citation170 So. 350,233 Ala. 138
PartiesBALDWIN v. STATE.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Certiorari to Court of Appeals.

Rudolph Baldwin was convicted of an offense, and appealed to the Court of Appeals. The judgment of conviction being there affirmed, defendant brings this petition for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that court in the case of Baldwin v. State, 170 So. 349.

Writ denied.

L.H. Ellis, of Columbiana, for petitioner.

A.A. Carmichael, Atty. Gen., for the State.

THOMAS, Justice.

The form of the verdict was sufficient on which to pronounce judgment. Ruff v. State, 229 Ala. 649, 159 So. 94; Hull v. State, 232 Ala. 281, 167 So. 553; Gast v. State, 232 Ala. 307, 167 So. 554, 555.

The verdict will be referred to the indictment. Russell v. State, 231 Ala. 297, 165 So. 255; Gulledge v. State, 230 Ala. 206, 160 So. 556; McDonald v. State, 118 Ala. 672, 23 So. 637; Blount et al. v. State, 49 Ala. 381.

The Court of Appeals passed upon the effect of the evidence, which was constituted a part of the res gestae. The point at which defendant stopped his car on the road and went into the woods was fixed. The locus in quo was given the jury by several witnesses. And while the exact place where defendant stopped in the woods and where he placed the little girl is not shown, yet the "condition of the ground at the place where the offense was claimed to have been committed" within that locus in quo was properly shown as "a part of the res gestae of what even the appellant admitted occurred." It was proper as circumstantial evidence for the jury; and such was the finding of fact by the Court of Appeals.

The writ is denied.

ANDERSON, C.J., and BROWN and KNIGHT, JJ., concur.

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  • Moss v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • June 14, 1988
    ...Morrison v. State, 151 Ala. 118, 44 So. 43, 44 (1907); Baldwin v. State, 27 Ala.App. 259, 260, 170 So. 349, 350, cert. denied, 233 Ala. 138, 170 So. 350 (1936); Morrisette v. State, 16 Ala.App. 32, 33, 75 So. 177, 178, cert. denied, Ex parte Morrisette, 200 Ala. 488, 76 So. 430 (1917). "It ......
  • Hubbert v. State, 6 Div. 815
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Appeals
    • March 28, 1961
    ...and the judgment are referable to the affidavit. Peinhardt v. State, 37 Ala.App. 693, 76 So.2d 176, and cases cited; Baldwin v. State, 233 Ala. 138, 170 So. 350. We find no error in the record, and the judgment is Affirmed. ...

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