Legal Opinion
Britton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 30, 1993No. CR-92-0483PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The appellant, William David Britton, Jr., was convicted of murder and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.
The state's evidence tended to show the following. On February 12, 1990, about 4:30 p.m., the appellant was driving a pickup truck north on U.S. Highway 31 in Flint City in Morgan County when his truck crossed the southbound lane and struck and killed 11-year-old Anthony Conner, who was riding a bicycle on the shoulder of the highway. There were no other…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Dill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
- Simmons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
- Ex Parte ClarkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- Worthington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
- Shanklin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2014
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