Legal Opinion
Madden v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided March 24, 1959No. 8 Div. 407PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.
Percy Lee Madden was indicted for the first-degree murder of Nelson Johnson.
He has been adjudged guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, and upon his motion for a new trial being overruled, an appeal was perfected to this court.
On the night of 11 October 1957 a crap game was in progress in the home of Harold Warren, in Colbert County, with a goodly number of players. The deceased arrived at the game accompanied by Alberta Moseley and James Bankston, this trio having been together for some time, driving around in Johnson’s automobile.
It appears that the appellant…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Moulton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Kelley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
- Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Blackwell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Edward Byron Hale v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America v. HatasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
- Johnson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1970
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