Legal Opinion

Guy v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided January 20, 1981No. 6 Div. 271PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

Appellant (defendant) was indicted for murder in the first degree of Clyde Ottis Alverson III by shooting him with a shotgun. A jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the second degree.

One of the only two issues raised by appellant is that the trial court erred “in refusing to give the Defendant’s requested charges on withdrawal from a conspiracy. The charges are:

“25. If you find that the defendant withdrew from the conspiracy before the crime actually occurred, then you must find for the defendant on the charge of conspiracy.
“26. If you find that the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Murrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  2. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  3. State v. VestalSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
  4. Hudson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  5. Hudson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Smith v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Isom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  3. Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982

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