Legal Opinion
Philpot v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided August 16, 1966Published
1Opinion of the Court
190 So.2d 293 (1966)
Walter PHILPOT, Jr.
v.
STATE.
5 Div. 651.
Court of Appeals of Alabama.
August 16, 1966.
Walker & Hill, Opelika, for appellant.
Richmond M. Flowers, Atty. Gen., and David W. Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
2Per curiam
In conference this court divided over (a) the admissibility of a confession given by the defendant while in custody in a back room at the station, and (b) the trial court's refusal of a continuance because the Alabama statutes exclude all women from serving as jurors.
We certified to the Supreme Court of Alabama the questions and were given the answers which appear in the…
Also in this document: Dissent.
3Cases cited58 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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