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Emerson v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 13, 1967No. 8 Div. 248PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARWOOD, Justice.

This appellant has been adjudged guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for forty years.

The evidence presented by the state tended to show that on the morning of 2 March 1965, the body of Rosa Emerson was found lying in a ditch off a public highway in Morgan County. Medical evidence was to the effect that she died of a brain injury caused by a blow to the head.

T. A. Patterson, chief deputy sheriff of Morgan County, testified that the investigation of Rosa Emerson’s death was assigned to Donald Hobby, who was then connected with…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Duncan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  4. McAnally v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  5. Kelley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Sprinkle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  3. Bush v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  4. Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  5. Thigpen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973

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