Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 29, 1972No. 7 Div. 18PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMON, Judge.
James O. Jones was found guilty by a jury of second degree burglary and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
On the night of July 9, 1968, the Red Hill Methodist Church in the Ivalee Community in Etowah County was broken into. An inventory the next day revealed that •certain office equipment had been taken.
The appellant was arrested on July 11, 1968, by Deputy Sheriff Don Edwards and •placed in the Etowah County jail. Testimony taken at a hearing outside the presence of the jury on the question of the voluntariness of his alleged confession revealed that either the same…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- The People v. HillIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Arnold v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Gibson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- MacK v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
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