Legal Opinion

McGuff v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 13, 1972No. 6 Div. 208Published

1Opinion of the Court

268 So.2d 868 (1972)

Melvin McGUFF, alias Bo Cannon

v.

STATE.

6 Div. 208.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

June 13, 1972.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1972.

Fite, Davis & Fite, Hamilton, Nolen & Enslen, Fayette, Richard O. Fant, Jr., Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and J. Victor Price, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

CATES, Judge.

First degree murder with a life sentence.

According to the tendencies of the State's evidence, McGuff without provocation shot a pedestrian on a country road one Sunday afternoon in April, 1969. His defense, alibi, seems not to have…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Malcus T. Clemons v. United States of America, David E. Clark v. United States of America, Alvin C. Hines v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
  5. Huddleston v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953

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