Gibbs v. State, 7 Div. 605.

Citation238 Ala. 592,192 So. 515
Decision Date14 December 1939
Docket Number7 Div. 605.
PartiesTED GIBBS v. STATE.
CourtSupreme Court of Alabama

Certiorari to Court of Appeals.

Thos. S. Lawson, Atty. Gen., and Noble J. Russell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the petition.

Obe Riddle, of Talladega, and L. H. Ellis, of Columbiana, opposed.

PER CURIAM.

Petition of the State of Alabama, by its Attorney General, for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that Court in the case of Gibbs v. State, 192 So. 514, wherein a judgment convicting defendant of violating the prohibition law was reversed.

Writ denied.

ANDERSON, C.J., and THOMAS, BOULDIN, BROWN, and FOSTER, JJ., concur.

GARDNER, J., dissents.

KNIGHT, J., not sitting.

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  • Brackin v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • June 29, 1982
    ...applied to the facts existing at the time." Gibbs v. State, 29 Ala.App. 113, 114-15, 192 So. 514 (1939), cert. denied, 238 Ala. 592, 192 So. 515 (1940). A trial judge may explain to the jury the legal terms involved in his instructions where his explanation does not qualify, limit, or modif......
  • State v. Robinson Land & Lumber Co. of Ala.
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Alabama
    • November 4, 1954
    ...183 Ala. 91, 63 So. 201; Ex parte Bozeman, 183 Ala. 91, 63 So. 201; Gibbs v. State, 29 Ala.App. 113, 192 So. 514, certiorari denied 238 Ala. 592, 192 So. 515; State v. Tuscaloosa Building & Loan Ass'n, 230 Ala. 476, 161 So. 530, 99 A.L.R. 1019, supra; May v. Head, 210 Ala. 112, 96 So. As th......
  • Bell v. State, 6 Div. 459.
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Alabama
    • December 14, 1939

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