Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 28, 1946No. 6 Div. 383PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
The appeal is from the conviction of burglary in the first degree. Code 1940, Tit. 14, §§ 85, 86.
There was but one count in the indictment. It charged that Leon Hawkins, with intent to steal, in the nighttime, broke into and entered the' inhabited dwelling-house of Herman Davis, a person lodged therein, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. Bell v. State, 48 Ala. 684, 17 Am.Rep. 40; 114 A.L.R. p. 1419, Note.
The jury fixed the punishment at twenty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The judgment responded to the verdict of the jury.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Blue v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Bell & Murray v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1872
- Noles v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1880
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. PolsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1959
- Davis v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964
- Sullivan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
- Rivers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- State v. ClarkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978