Legal Opinion

Swindle v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 12, 1973No. 6 Div. 404PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Pursuant to verdict, the court below adjudged Swindle guilty of burglary in the second degree, or grand larceny, or buying, receiving, etc., stolen goods. A single sentence of ten years imprisonment was pronounced.

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Whether or not the disjunctive verdict was void for ambiguity we need not decide. First, the single sentence obviates any question such as that presented in Wildman v. State, 42 Ala.App. 357, 165 So.2d 396.

Second, defense counsel interposed no objection to the reception of the verdicf. See Thomas v. State, 2 Md.App. 645, 236 A.2d 747.

In Baldwin v. State, 213…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wildman v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
  2. State v. AlbartySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  3. First National Bank of Elgin v. RussellTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Baldwin v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Thomas v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  2. Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  3. Gaston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  4. Jordan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  5. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980

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