Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 24, 1978PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an appeal from a jury verdict, and judgment of the court, finding, and decreeing Stanley Harris to be the father of an illegitimate child, and ordering him to pay child support. We affirm.

In March, 1970, Harris, an adult single man, went to Bayou Coiffeur in Alabama City to get a haircut. There he met Mary Moore, an adult single woman. About two weeks later, he asked Mary for a date. They began dating, and a few months later they engaged in sexual intercourse, first at her apartment, then at other places, Birmingham, Atlanta, Miami, the beach at Panama City, and, Mary became pregnant.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. DanforthSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Moore v. LeFloreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  2. Ex Parte JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  3. People in Interest of SPBSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  4. Elizabeth Sorrell v. Larry HensonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
  5. Ex Parte JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991

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