Legal Opinion

Rogers v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 29, 1974No. 7 Div. 241PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TYSON, JUDGE.

The Grand Jury of Calhoun County charged Terry J. Rogers with the first degree murder of Charles Waymon Davis. The appellant was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and judgment set sentence at ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The indictment arose from the shooting of Charles Waymon Davis on July 25, 1971, at Young’s Truck Stop Cafe near Piedmont in Calhoun County, Alabama. An altercation developed between appellant and the deceased. After some verbal threats were exchanged in the cafe, appellant retreated to the utility rooms in the rear of the establishment.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Sowell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941
  2. Caldwell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  3. Rogers v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
  4. Hicks v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1926
  5. Snoddy v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dennis Edward Williams v. Frank Griswald, Warden, and Attorney General of the State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  2. Baker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  3. Phillips v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  4. Lowe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986

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