Legal Opinion
Whitehurst v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 25, 1973No. 4 Div. 153PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CATES, Presiding Judge.
Murder in the second degree (uxoricide) : sentence, fifteen years imprisonment.
The essence of the State’s case against Whitehurst is encapsulated in a statement related to the jury through the testimony of Marlin Dillard, a detective in the Doth-an Police Department. Dillard’s testimony on this was:
“February the 5th of ’71, he stated that he and his wife had left the office at noontime and went over to this apartment, apartment 51, Carriage House Apartments, to get away from the children for awhile. That a friend of his that was working with him had this apartment…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. Maynard Francis HayesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Tarver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- Hurst v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
- Porter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
- Abbott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- Woods v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
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