Legal Opinion

Miller v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 29, 1918No. 4 Div. 567PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Geneva County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Henry Miller was convicted of having carnal knowledge of a girl under age of consent, and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBrickhn, J.

The indictment upon which the defendant was tried and convicted was challenged by demurrer; tbe first and second grounds thereof being predicated upon the fact -that the indictment fails to allege the time at which the offense was committed, and that the indictment fails to allege that the offense was committed since March 17, 1915, the date of the approval of the act under which the defendant is indicted.

[1] While the act (Acts 1915, p. 137) approv-ed March 17,1915, is designated as an amendment to section 7700 of the Code of 1907, the operation thereof j so far as it relates to a; girl over…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Montgomery v. State ex rel. EnslenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
  2. Bibb v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
  3. Marks v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  4. State ex rel. Troy v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  5. State v. NewtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. United States v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2008
  2. Howard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
  3. Hawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  4. Bryan v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
  5. McMullen v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920

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