Legal Opinion

Echols v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided March 6, 1951No. 8 Div. 960PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARWOOD, Judge.

This appellant has been convicted of the offense denounced by an Act approved July 9, 1945, General Acts, Alabama 1945, p. 670, Code 1940, Tit. 36, § 128, which offense is commonly called “leaving the scene of an accident.”

The portions of said act pertinent to this appeal are as follows:

“Section 1. That the driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person, or damage to a vehicle, shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident, and shall also give his name and address, and the registration license number of his…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  2. Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
  3. Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
  4. Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1864
  5. Grattan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kennedy v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958
  2. Crook v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967
  3. Philyaw v. City of BirminghamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951
  4. Jackson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1952
  5. King v. City of MontgomeryAlabama Court of Appeals · 1961

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