McGay v. State

• Decision Date: 30 June 1913
• Citation: 63 So. 70,183 Ala. 41
• Parties: McGAY v. STATE.
• Court: Alabama Supreme Court

63 So. 70

183 Ala. 41

McGAY v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Alabama

June 30, 1913

Appeal from Circuit Court, Marengo County; John T. Lackland, Judge.

Joseph McGay was convicted of a crime, and he appeals. Affirmed.

I.I. Canterbury and E.E. Taylor, both of Linden, for appellant.

R.C. Brickell, Atty. Gen., and W.L. Martin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

ANDERSON, J.

This case was submitted on the merits and the motion of the state to strike the bill of exceptions.

Section 3019, in part, says: "Bills of exceptions may be presented at any time within ninety days from the day on which the judgment is entered, and not afterwards," etc. The judgment in this case was entered January 9, 1913, and the bill of exceptions was presented April 10, 1913, 91 days after the entry of the judgment, and, upon the authority of McOllister v. State, 62 So. 767, the motion to strike the same is sustained. As the bill of exceptions must be stricken, and as the record proper discloses no reversible error, this case is affirmed.

The judgment entry of January 9th indicates that the trial court struck the defendant's plea of "not guilty" because not filed by 6 o'clock of the previous afternoon, and if this was true it was highly improper, yet the action of the trial court in striking a plea cannot be reviewed except by a bill of exceptions.

Moreover, while the entry of January 9th indicates that the plea of not guilty was stricken because not filed by 6 o'clock of the previous day, the record in fact shows that the defendant interposed such a plea when arraigned on the 6th, and it also appears that his guilt or innocence was submitted to and passed upon by the jury.

The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.

Affirmed.

DOWDELL, C.J., and MAYFIELD and DE GRAFFENRIED, JJ., concur.