Legal Opinion
Scott v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 7, 1945No. 4 Div. 371PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVINGSTON, Justice.
Defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Dale County of robbery and from a sentence of death brings this appeal. The appeal comes to us under the automatic appeal act, approved June 24, 1943. General Acts of 1943. page 217, Code 1940, Tit. 15, § 382(1) et seq.
The defendant did not testify in his own behalf, nor did he offer any evidence in defense of the crime charged in the indictment.
The undisputed testimony revealed the following: Mrs. Bessie Hatcher owned and operated a general mercantile business in the town of Pinclcard, Dale County, Alabama. She kept no…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Coleman v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- United States Ex Rel. Drury v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Easley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Beck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Zimmerman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
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