Showers v. State
Decision Date | 25 November 1980 |
Docket Number | 5 Div. 527 |
Citation | 407 So.2d 167 |
Parties | Willie James SHOWERS, alias v. STATE. |
Court | Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals |
Milton C. Davis, Tuskegee, for appellant.
Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and Cynthia D. Welch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Willie James Showers was indicted and convicted of carnally knowing Tommy Grant, a man, contrary to law. The trial court sentenced Showers to seven years imprisonment.
Because reversible error occurred after the jury had retired and was deliberating their verdict, we pretermit consideration of the evidence in this case.
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Following the oral charge of the court, the members of the jury retired and began their deliberations. Record pages 67-68 read as follows:
And look very, very deeply into your heart, and consider whether they are right, and you might be wrong.
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