Legal Opinion

Rodgers v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided March 23, 1965No. 1 Div. 982PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*661CATES, Judge.

Rodgers appeals from a judgment on verdict. He was convicted of carnal knowl•edge of a girl over twelve and under sixteen years of age, his own daughter. Code 1940, T. 14, § 399. He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment.

There was sufficient evidence to support the verdict, first, in the girl’s testimony and, second, in a confession made by Rodgers to L. V. Harwell, an officer, and Mrs. Lorene Carter, a clerk, both of the Mobile City Police Department.

Here, we are urged to reverse on four propositions:

"A witness who does not know the difference between the truth and a lie is not…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Fikes v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Woodard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1965

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. James McConico Jr. v. State of Alabama, John E. NagleCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  2. Hutto v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  3. Burkett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  4. Harville v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  5. Roberson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980

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