Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 5, 1945No. 6 Div. 192PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARR, Judge.

This appeal is based on a conviction under Title 14, Sec. 106, Code 1940.

Appellant was convicted of an attempt to commit the crime denounced by the section, supra. This is permissible. Title 14, Sec. 42, Code 1940; Woods v. State, 10 Ala.App. 96, 64 So. 508; Tarrant v. State, 12 Ala.App. 172, 67 So. 626.

The indictment charges that defendant against the order of nature carnally'knew a person, Esther Griffin. The section of the Code upon which the prosecution is hypothecated is broad enough to include this averment. Woods v. State, supra.

The affirmative charge was not tendered in…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Gassenheimer v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  2. Lee v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1943
  3. Harrison v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  4. Gross v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  5. Holladay v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Brasher v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  2. Bowden v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  3. State v. MunzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  4. McMurtrey v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  5. Weatherspoon v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1952

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