Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 2, 1974No. 8 Div. 284PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMON, Judge.
Lemuel Vaughn was indicted for the first degree murder of his wife, Ernestine Vaughn. He was found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree and his punishment was fixed at twenty years.
The body of the deceased was found in a “manhole” on September 10, 1971, by workmen employed to perform maintenance on a sanitation sewer. Subsequent to this discovery, a State toxicologist performed an autopsy which led to the conclusion that death resulted from severe brain injury occasioned by multiple blows to the right side of the head. The toxicologist also testified that deceased’s…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Headley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
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3Cited by5 opinions
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