Williford v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Williford v. State

101 So. 505, 20 Ala. App. 265, 1924 Ala. App. LEXIS 274

CourtAlabama Court of Appeals

DecidedOctober 7, 1924

Docket4 Div. 972.

StatusPublished

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Williford v. State, 101 So. 505, 20 Ala. App. 265, 1924 Ala. App. LEXIS 274 (Ala. Ct. App. 1924).

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BRIGKEtN, P. J.

In permitting the state, over the objection and exception of defendant, to prove by its several witnesses that at the time of the defendant’s arrest he was under the influence of liquor, or was intoxicated, the court did not commit error, as this and other inquiries of similar import related to the res gestas of the offense, and were therefore admissible. It is true, as contended by appellant’s counsel, the fact that this defendant and another had been convicted by a justice of the peace and paid a fine for being drunk was'not a proper inquiry on the trial of this case. But, as this matter appears in the record, this fact was brought out by the defendant on the cross-examination of state witness Sam Reeves, and not by the state. No exception was or could have been reserved under this status, and it is elementary that a reversal cannot be predicated upon matters voluntarily brought out by the appellant, and upon which no ruling of the court was invoked. The facts adduced upon this trial were in conflict. A jury question was therefore presented. There was sufficient evidence to support the verdict and to sustain the judgment of conviction. There appears no error in any of the rulings of the court presented for our consideration which would authorize this court to predicate a reversal of this case. The record proper is free from error also; therefore the judgment appealed from must be affirmed.

Affirmed.

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BRIGKEtN, P. J.

In permitting the state, over the objection and exception of defendant, to prove by its several witnesses that at the time of the defendant’s arrest he was under the influence of liquor, or was intoxicated, the court did not commit error, as this and other inquiries of similar import related to the res gestas of the offense, and were therefore admissible. It is true, as contended by appellant’s counsel, the fact that this defendant and another had been convicted by a justice of the peace and paid a fine for being drunk was'not a proper inquiry on the trial of this case. But, as this matter appears in the record, this fact was brought out by the defendant on the cross-examination of state witness Sam Reeves, and not by the state. No exception was or could have been reserved under this status, and it is elementary that a reversal cannot be predicated upon matters voluntarily brought out by the appellant, and upon which no ruling of the court was invoked. The facts adduced upon this trial were in conflict. A jury question was therefore presented. There was sufficient evidence to support the verdict and to sustain the judgment of conviction. There appears no error in any of the rulings of the court presented for our consideration which would authorize this court to predicate a reversal of this case. The record proper is free from error also; therefore the judgment appealed from must be affirmed.

Affirmed.

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