Legal Opinion
Butler v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 5, 1970No. 7 Div. 690PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALL, Justice.
This case was argued orally before the entire court and was submitted on several motions and on the merits for a decision.
The appellant, a Negro male of mature adult age, was indicted for the rape of an unmarried white woman twenty years of age. Fie was tried and convicted by a jury which fixed his punishment at death.
An appeal was entered on behalf of the appellant at the conclusion of the trial by the court ex meru moto under the Automatic Appeal Act, Act No. 249, § 10, General Acts of Alabama, Regular Session, 1943, p. 217 et seq. Therefore we will consider carefully all of…
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