Pickett v. State, 5 Div. 587

Decision Date11 March 1954
Docket Number5 Div. 587
Citation260 Ala. 699,71 So.2d 107
PartiesRoosevelt PICKETT v. STATE.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Certiorari to Court of Appeals.

Si Garrett, Atty. Gen., and L. E. Barton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the petition.

Walker & Walker, Opelika, opposed.

GOODWYN, Justice.

Petition of the State, by its Attorney General, for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that Court in Pickett v. State, 71 So.2d 102, wherein a judgment of conviction of murder in the second degree was reversed.

Writ denied.

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

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