Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 20, 1981PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Leonard Williams was indicted for the offense of first degree rape under § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975. After a jury trial he was convicted of second degree rape, and upon a determination that he was a recidivist under the Alabama Habitual Felony Offender Act, § 13A-5-9, Code, supra, he was sentenced to forty years.
The prosecutrix was a thirteen-year-old daughter of the appellant and lived with her mother. Leonard Williams, the appellant, did not live with the prosecutrix's mother, but with Lillie Mae Jones and her three daughters.
On Saturday, February 9, 1980, the appellant picked up the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Gryger v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- McDonald v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
- Tate v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Minor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
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