Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided January 23, 1962No. 5 Div. 601PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.

This appellant stands convicted of seduction, an offense denounced by Sec. 419, Tit. 14, Code of Alabama 1940, which reads as follows:

“Any man who, by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery, or a promise of marriage, seduces any unmarried woman in this state, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten years; but no indictment or conviction shall be had under this section on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman upon whom the seduction is charged; and no conviction shall be had if on the trial it is…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  2. Hussey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  3. Davis v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922
  4. Wesson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  5. Kelly v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Weatherford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  2. Jessup v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966
  3. Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  4. Edwards v. MooreCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1997

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