Connell v. State Court Opinion 3

    Ala.792 3I8 SOUTEER,N R,EPORTER,, 2d SEN,IES
knife rvas being s.ielded and in such amanner as to cause thc dcath of Mr. Fro_
ney.

[15] We hold that the jury could drarva reasonable inference from the secretive
conference by the three men and their hud_dle over the victim that the a.t"naant *a,an accomplice to the homicide.

. The guilt of the defendant would not

if, giving due rveight to all the testirun1', the jury are convinced l.yonO-""il
sonable doubt that th" d.f;;.;;;
present with a vien, to
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,,The 
evidence vr.a

<:oncerted action orT:t;l,i :fl;tJ
<lefcndarrts in going to tf,. ,.nlot. plirvhen the nrurder s.as committed on 6rafternoon of October 3, lg3.l, ,na ftthey all were in a position ,o ,.ra.rl.

sr-stance in the commission of the crirnr.There rvas cr.iderrcc of ..p"r"tion .ir.,the nrurder and a gatherirrg in Bosrolate ill thc er.ening. The contrar.lictor;
statenteltts rrrade by the sevt,ral dcfcnd'.
arrts and the possession by onc of thcaof an implcnrent like one by which itmight have lleen found by the jury thra rnortal blow u.as inflicted up,on Lirmurdered man u,ere highly significrnA verdict of guilt-r, of murder in the rcr.

ond degrce u,as u.arranted on thc cd,
dencc. There s.as no error in dcnyig
the motiorrs for directed verdicts in h.
vor of the defendants. * * tt'

We also refer to our recent case of IlU
Sratc, .51 AIa.App. 332, Z8S So.Zd fl

have to be established as to his havi

Wc also quote from Connronztcalth 
G.l,'entura, ct ol., 294 \Ia*hp,oi-:. ^__ .r-.-ll3, I N.E2d{,

tually wielded,;; ;;;;"J::r:il''ii;; rvherein it appears that Ve,,iura;f;1.l
others wcro ^^-,,:^a^J., d -,, r\LLurilpue(] Lode 1959. In Jonest,. Stote, lZ4 Ala. 53, 57 So. 3f , or. 

-ir_ murder. Thcre u.as
which defeni",- 

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principle in ltlorris z). State, r+oTi".-Li, +iSo. 27J,28(), as follows :

"When by prearrangement, or on thespur of the moment, ,two or ao." pa._
sons enter upon a contnlon enterprise oradventure, and a crimin"l off"nr.';, .oi-tcmplated, then eacl
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guilty of the offense conrntitted, whether
he did any overt act or not. This restson the principle that one rvho is present,
encouraging. aiding, abetting, or' o.ri.i_
li,{' ..t who is ready to aid, abct, or as_srst, thc active perpetrator in the conr_mrssron of the of fense, is a guilty partic_tPant, and, in the eye of the law, iseQually grrilty with the one rvho does theact. .Srrch comnrunitl. of ,rrpor", o,conspirac;., necd not be proved by posi_tive testimony. It rarcl-y i, ,o i.orJ.The ju11, are to deterrnirre rvhether it e-x_ists, arrd the extent of it, from the 

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observed:

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hitchhikers flcd the scene of the hornicll
and were apprehcnded in a nrotel in Dd
IIar, California. ,\lso discoveretl in O,
roont u,ith them were several other erti*r
takcn fronr thc canrlrt,r. r,. Irt re the homit*

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all assist_alrce relrdered by acts or rvords of en_couragentcnt or support or presence, ac_trurl rrr c()l)slru(:tive, to render assistance

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