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Title: Mary Chappelle v. State Alabama
Author : Supreme Court of Alabama
Release Date : January 19, 1957
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 59 KB

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STAKELY, Justice. This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama. The defendant, Mary Chappelle,
was indicted for murder in the first degree. Upon a plea of not guilty, trial was had and the jury returned a verdict of guilty
of murder in the second degree, fixing her punishment at 30 years in the penitentiary. The defendant did not file brief in
this court, but that is not essential to our consideration of an appeal in a criminal case. Walker v. State, 265 Ala. 233,
90 So.2d 221; Johnson v. State, 257 Ala. 644, 60 So.2d 818. Right of appeal in a criminal case is one of substance and 389, Title 15, Code of 1940, imposes upon the court
a duty to search the record for errors. Walker v. State, supra, citing Wesson v. State, 238 Ala. 399, 191 So. 249; Payne v.
State, 261 Ala. 397, 74 So.2d 630.