Legal Opinion

Batson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 1, 1973No. 5 Div. 75PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Robbery; sentence, life imprisonment.

This is a second appeal; see Batson v. State, 46 Ala.App. 610, 246 So.2d 677.

I

February 19, 1969, defendant and another entered the Dupriest grocery store on Highway 87 in Lee County. Defendant pulled a pistol on Mrs.' Dupriest and demanded money. She took approximately $20 in bills and change from a cash register and put it in a paper sack. The accomplice took the sack and began to leave.

At this point the defendant ordered Mrs. Dupriest to come from behind the counter. As she did he hit her over the head with a crowbar which he had…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. State v. DotsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
  2. Juan D. Hernandez v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  3. The People v. WrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Langley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979

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