Starks v. State
This text of 137 Ala. 9 (Starks v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Alabama primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
A proper predicate for the admission of the dying declarations of the deceased was laid, and there was no error in their admission in evidence. The. statements made, at the time, by the deceased, as called for by the State, were a part of the res gestae of the homicide, and were properly admitted as incident to what was done, as shedding light on the main fact.— Johnson v. State, 102 Ala. 1, 15;McQueen v. State. 103 Ala, 12; 6 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law (1st ed.), 123; 21 Ib. 99, 101-2.
The charge requested by the defendants wa,s properly refused. — Thomas v. State, 130 Ala. 62; Evans v. State, 109 Ala. 13; Jolly v. State, 94 Ala. 19.
These were the only exceptions reserved.
Affirmed.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
137 Ala. 9, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/starks-v-state-ala-1902.