Legal Opinion
Payne v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 8, 1972No. 8 Div. 38PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMON, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree. The jury fixed the punishment at life imprisonment.
The State’s evidence tended to show that on the night of May 16, 1967, the appellant was in the American Legion Hut on Triana Boulevard in Huntsville where drinks were being served. He was intoxicated and boisterous. John P. Wise, a part-time manager-bartender in the establishment, was present. One of Wise’s apparent duties was to keep the peace and quiet, or in common parlance, serve as “bouncer.” During the course of the evening Wise and appellant…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Turner v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Beauregard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad v. Washington State Human Rights CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1976
- Newman v. GraddickCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
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