Legal Opinion
Touchstone v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided June 18, 1963No. 3 Div. 141PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRICE, Presiding Judge.
The indictment contained two Counts. The first charged manslaughter in the first degree for the killing of Joseph Winston Cumbie. The second charged unlawfully leaving the scene of an accident. The trial resulted in a conviction of manslaughter in the second degree under Count One, with punishment fixed at 30 days’ imprisonment in the County jail and a fine of $500.00, and conviction under Count Two with a fine of $250.00 as punishment for said offense.
About 4:30 A. M., on August 9, 1961, the bodies of two young boys, Joseph Winston Cumbie and another, were found lying…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Griffin Lumber Co. v. HarperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Herchenbach v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
- Jones v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1926
- People v. GravesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1925
- Wilson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
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3Cited by24 opinions
- McCown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2006
- State v. FearingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- State v. MancusoSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
- Kil v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
- Commonwealth v. KauffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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