Snellgrove v. State

Decided November 23, 1937

Alabama Court of Appeals · decided 1937-11-23

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“"Without stultifying themselves, the jury could not have returned a verdict of acquittal. "So, misconduct on their part . . . could not have worked prejudice to appellant."”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 480 So. 2d 29 - Parish v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1937-11-23

How this case has been cited

Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently May 2013

10 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

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RICE, Judge.

¶1 Appellant was convicted of the offense of illegally having in possession “prohibited liquor.”

¶2 The State’s evidence made out every element of the offense charged. There was none opposed. The punishment inflicted was the minimum, under the law.

¶3 Without stultifying themselves, the jury could not have returned a verdict of acquittal.

¶4 So, misconduct on their part, even if it occurred — -which we do not decide — could not have worked prejudice to appellant.

¶5 The judgment is affirmed.

¶6 Affirmed.