Legal Opinion
Charles William Cannon v. State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1977No. 76-2118PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
In a Birmingham service station on the night of May 31, 1972, a black customer shot and killed the manager, son of the city’s deputy police chief. The state of Alabama charged Charles William Cannon with murder in connection with that shooting. The sole issue at trial was the identity of the assailant. The state presented one eyewitness who identified Cannon as the killer and another eyewitness who placed Cannon at the scene just prior to the event. Cannon impeached the testimony of those two witnesses and presented extensive alibi evidence. A jury found him guilty of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. EllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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