Legal Opinion
Lloyd v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided November 4, 1969No. 6 Div. 64PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CATES, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree; sentence 75 years in the penitentiary.
I
The tendencies of the state’s evidence were that the defendant participated with others in the killing of one Reginald Hawthorne by stabbing him with a knife. The only eye witnesses who could identify the defendant were accomplices.
The prosecution, presumably in order to overcome the strictures of Code 1940, T. 15, § 307, proved an in-custody confession to overcome the need for corroboration.
II
The only question which arises out of this record comes from the form of the…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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