Court Opinion

ID: 9824845
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 11:32:57.005698+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:40:09.849338
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing.
It is evident, from the application for rehearing filed in this case, that the writer thereof misconstrued the opinion of this court. There is not any statement or utterance in said opinion to the effect, as insisted, that upon the trial of a homicide case, where the general character of the deceased for peace and quiet has been made an issue, that evidence thereof was inadmissible and that it was error for the trial judge to allow in evidence testimony to that end.
What we did hold¿ and here reiterate, is that the general reputation of the deceased is not a proper inquiry upon the trial of a homicide case. The authorities cited in the opinion sustain the proposition clearly. See also Sanford v. State, 2 Ala.App. 81, 88, 57 So. 134, 137, wherein the court said: “The general reputation of deceased was not admissible.” (Citing cases.)
The authorities cited in the brief in support of the application for rehearing have reference to the character of the deceased for peace and quietude. None of them in any manner hold the mere general character of the deceased is a proper issue.
Application for rehearing overruled.