Legal Opinion
Eaton v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 12, 1967No. 2 Div. 485PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
The appellant, Gerald Eaton, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. He appealed to this court. We reversed the judgment of the Circuit Court of Sumter County and remanded the cause to that court for further proceedings. Eaton v. State, 278 Ala. 224, 177 So.2d 444. After remandment the cause was again tried and the same judgment and sentence resulted as on the first trial. The cause has come to this court again under the automatic appeal statute.
Briefly, the evidence for the State tends to show that defendant, together with three companions,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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