Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 14, 1971No. 5 Div. 42Published

1Opinion of the Court

261 So.2d 914 (1971)

L. P. BROWN

v.

STATE.

5 Div. 42.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

April 6, 1971.

On Rehearing September 14, 1971.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1971.

Russell, Raymon & Russell, Tuskegee, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Jasper B. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

2Per curiam

The defendant was convicted of cattle theft in the circuit court of Macon County and sentenced to three (3) years imprisonment.

On May 29, 1969, James H. Pearson and his sister, Drucilla Pearson, were joint owners of a cow. On the night of May 29, 1969, the cow was tied with a rope near their…

3Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Hester v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  2. Garner v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  3. Koth v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1926
  4. Britton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1917
  5. James D. Atwell and Melvin Edmon Surrett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969

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