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19 Ala. App. 432

97 So 768

Martin v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided July 14, 1923

Alabama Court of Appeals · decided 1923-07-14

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Decided 1923-07-14

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Cited by 8 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1986

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FOSTER, J.

¶1 Affirmed on the authority of Lauren v. State, ante, p. 334, 97 South. 257.

¶2 On Rehearing.

¶3 “It is permissible in a prosecution for crime to prove the flight of the defendant, and any evidence tending to prove flight, or that the defendant was hiding out to avoid arrost is relevant. For this purpose, and after it had been shown that defendant ran from the still when the officers found and raided it, the sheriff could testify that he searched for defendant at and near defendants home and could not find him.” Lauren v. State, ante, p. 334, 97 South. 257.

¶4 This defendant and another were separately indicted for the same offense and were by consent tried together and separate verdicts were returned.

¶5 Two defendants indicted separately for the same felony shown' by' the evidence to have been committed jointly may consent ■to be tried together and ,a separate verdict may be returned in each case.

¶6 After having expressly consented in the • lower court to be tried together, the defendants may not in this court repudiate their' agreement.

¶7 There is no merit in the exceptions reserved to the evidence.

¶8 The application for rehearing is overruled.

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