Legal Opinion

Richardson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 4, 1979PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the grand larceny of $450.00 from a Zippy Mart in Montgomery, Alabama. Youthful offender treatment was denied and the defendant was sentenced to three years' imprisonment at the Frank Lee Youth Center.

I

Initially the defendant contends that the jury's verdict was against the great weight of the evidence because no one saw the defendant actually take the money and because of the weakness of the identification testimony.

A

Basically the State's evidence reveals that on September 7, 1978, the manager of Zippy Mart was counting the store's money in making…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Woods v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  2. Woods v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  3. Gholston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  4. Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  5. Melson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1956

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
  2. Hopkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  3. Woods v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  4. Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  5. Soriano v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988

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