Legal Opinion

Nelson v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided December 19, 1939No. 4 Div. 516PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRICKEN, Presiding Tudge.

The corpus delicti was proven by the testimony of the State’s witness. However, at the time the State rested its case, no testimony tending to connect this appellant with the commission of the offense or participation therein, was adduced except by State’s witness Charlie Boswell, who, among other things, testified that this appellant and one Te¿ Nelson came to his (Boswell’s) house, on the next Monday night after the crime was committed on the Saturday night before; that they arrived there between two or three o’clock in the night; and on direct examination of this…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. McAdory v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878
  2. Gibson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  3. Craven v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1927
  4. Wall v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1911
  5. Montgomery v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1911

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Wildman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
  2. State v. HallUtah Supreme Court · 1944
  3. Milligan v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1969
  4. Daw v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1965
  5. Dawson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966

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