Legal Opinion
Fisher v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 20, 1976No. 8 Div. 721PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOKOUT, Judge.
Rape; sentence: ten years imprisonment.
The prosecutrix testified she returned home from work around 11:30 P.M. on January 27, 1975. As she walked up on her porch, a person came up to her and asked if she had a telephone, and she answered, “no.” The prosecutrix was attempting to unlock the door to her apartment and was trying to awaken her husband to let her in. She could not awaken him, and the appellant returned and grabbed her from behind, around the neck. She stated that she screamed and that she could not say anything. The appellant then “drug” her approximately a block and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cox v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
- Ex Parte BynumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Stone v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Barnett v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
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3Cited by34 opinions
- State v. HatcherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Myers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
- Primm v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Gobble v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2010
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