Legal Opinion
Minnifield v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 7, 1980PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John Willie Minnifield was indicted for the second degree burglary of Spiller Associated Furniture Stores, Inc., contrary to § 13-2-41, Code of Alabama 1975. At trial Minnifield was found guilty as charged, and because of an extensive criminal record was sentenced to serve the maximum term of ten years in the state penitentiary.
Robert Meigs, a police officer with the Demopolis Police Department, was called as the State's first witness and testified that he was a fingerprint technician with that department and had received training in fingerprint analysis from the F.B.I. He stated that, at…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by19 opinions
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