Harris v. State

Decision Date27 June 1968
Docket Number4 Div. 329
Citation212 So.2d 704,282 Ala. 726
PartiesMcArthur HARRIS v. STATE.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Albert F. Simpson, Jr., Eufaula, for petitioner.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty.Gen., opposed.

KOHN, Justice.

Petition of McArthur Harris for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision in Harris v. State, Ala.App., 212 So.2d 695.

Writ denied.

LIVINGSTON, C.J., and SIMPSON and HARWOOD, JJ., concur.

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  • Carroll v. State, 8 Div. 833
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • July 5, 1983
    ...was committed, Kimbell v. State, 165 Ala. 118, 51 So. 16 (1909); Harris v. State, 44 Ala.App. 449, 212 So.2d 695, cert. denied, 282 Ala. 726, 212 So.2d 704 (1968); Alabama Code Section 15-8-31 The indictment was not insufficient because it failed to state what force was used or the means of......
  • Smith v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • June 30, 1989
    ...is not a material ingredient in a charge of robbery." Harris v. State, 44 Ala.App. 449, 452, 212 So.2d 695, 699, cert. denied, 282 Ala. 726, 212 So.2d 704 (1968). In Collins v. State, 385 So.2d 993 (Ala.Cr.App.1979), reversed, Ex parte Collins, 385 So.2d 1005 (Ala.1980), the indictment spec......
  • Gibson v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • June 28, 1977
    ...to satisfy the third element of a taking from the person. Harris v. State, 44 Ala.App. 449, 212 So.2d 695, cert. denied, 282 Ala. 726, 212 So.2d 704 (1968). "A thing is in the presence of a person in respect to robbery if it is so within his reach, inspection, observation, or control that h......
  • Haney v. Burgess, 86-7197
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • September 5, 1986
    ...v. State, 369 So.2d 892, 899 (Ala.Crim.App.1979); Harris v. State, 44 Ala.App. 449, 212 So.2d 695, 699 & n. 4, cert. denied, 282 Ala. 726, 212 So.2d 704 (1968). Failure to prove venue, however, is a ground for reversal. Willcutt, 226 So.2d at The magistrate suggested that venue need only be......
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