Legal Opinion
Donahay v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 10, 1971No. 3 Div. 483PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALL, Justice.
On petition of the State of Alabama, we granted a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals which reversed the circuit court. The ground for the petition is that a material question of first impression in the appellate courts of Alabama was incorrectly decided by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of violating Tit. 14, § 174(a), Code of Alabama, 1940, as amended, which provides as follows:
“No person who' has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of committing or ' attempting to commit a crime of violence…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. NilesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
- Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Faircloth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Coulter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- Webb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
- Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Douglas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
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