Legal Opinion
Hopson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 16, 1977PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
352 So.2d 506 (1977)
In re LaFrench HOPSON
v.
STATE.
Ex Parte LaFrench Hopson.
SC 2309.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
September 16, 1977.
Rehearing Denied December 9, 1977.
H. Wayne Love, Anniston, for petitioner.
William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Eric A. Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, opposed.
2Per curiam
We granted certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 352 So.2d 500 which affirmed petitioner's conviction for second degree murder and sentence of twenty years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. We affirm.
Petitioner contended at his trial that he had been denied his constitutional…
3Cases cited16 opinions
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- Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Strunk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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4Cited by14 opinions
- Cumbo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Dolvin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- Hayes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
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