Legal Opinion
Lang v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 2, 1960No. 8 Div. 25Published
1Opinion of the Court
122 So.2d 533 (1960)
Wimp LANG
v.
STATE of Alabama.
8 Div. 25.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
June 2, 1960.
MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and John C. Tyson, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.
Powell & Powell, Decatur, opposed.
LAWSON, Justice.
Wimp Lang was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County of having carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of twelve years.§ 398, Title 14, Code 1940.
Lang appealed to the Court of Appeals, where the judgment of the circuit court was reversed.
Its application for rehearing being overruled by the Court of Appeals, the State of Alabama filed in this court a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Hull v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Ex Parte WadeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
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