Legal Opinion

Dufresne v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided September 15, 1959No. 3 Div. 42PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of burglary in the nighttime, with intent to indecently molest a minor.

The evidence for the state tended to show that Mrs. Virginia Wallace, of 3714 Farwood Drive, Montgomery, worked as a night nurse at Pineview Manor Hospital. During her working hours her two children were left at home alone. Before leaving for work on the night of July 17, 1958, she locked the house except for one window in the dining room on which the lock was broken. The children were asleep when Mrs. Wallace left the house, ten year old Carolyn in her mother’s bed, and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  2. Pope v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1957
  3. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
  2. Behel v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1960
  3. Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  4. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  5. Eason v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972

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