Legal Opinion
Chambers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 3, 1978PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Daisy Chambers was indicted and convicted for child abuse. Sentence was set at three years' imprisonment.
Two questions are presented on this appeal: (1) The constitutionality of Alabama's new child abuse law, Section26-15-1 through Section 26-15-4, Code of Alabama 1975, and (2) the sufficiency of the indictment to charge an offense under that act.
I
Section 26-15-3, Code of Alabama 1975, of the present Alabama Child Abuse Act states:
"A responsible person, as defined in section 26-15-2, who shall torture, willfully abuse, cruelly beat or otherwise willfully maltreat any child under the age of 18…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
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