Legal Opinion

Griffin v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 20, 1934No. 1 Div. 827PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

The trial court, as well as the jury, was warranted, from the state’s evidence and theory of the homicide, in finding that there was a conspiracy between this defendant, his uncle, Bonner Griffin, and cousin, Roy Griffin, to visit the store of Williamson, where the killing occurred, to renew with the deceased, Mixon, or avenge, the former difficulty between Roy Griffin and said deceased, Mixon; that Roy and others left the store shortly after the first difficulty and returned to or towards the home of Bonner Griffin, where they met or came in contact with Bonner…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
  2. White v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  3. Sherrill v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
  4. Vaughan v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925
  5. Vaughan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. MacK v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  2. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  3. People v. YoungNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
  4. Collier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  5. Kilpatrick v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952

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