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Evans v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided March 9, 1965No. 5 Div. 632PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

Evans was convicted under an indictment charging him with forging an instrument having testamentary effect. Found guilty, sentenced to five years imprisonment, he appeals from conviction and the overruling of his motion for new trial.

Zebulon Judd died September 5, 1960, intestate with some fifty-nine claimants for his lands, goods and chattels of a value of some $500,000.00.

Evans filed May 3, 1961, in the Lee County Probate Court a petition praying that an instrument therewith surrendered be probated and admitted to record as the true last will and testament of Judd.

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2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Doss v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  2. Sorrell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  3. Moulton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  4. Doss v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929
  5. Wildman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Sprinkle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. McCoy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  3. Kimmons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  4. Leonard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966
  5. Kelley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981

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