Legal Opinion
Taylor v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 27, 1973No. SC 430PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MADDOX, Justice.
The central issue presented is the role of defense counsel in a criminal prosecution. *758Archie Taylor was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Except for Taylor’s alibi testimony, there was no substantial conflict in the evidence presented at the trial.
Four eye-witnesses, who knew both defendant and deceased, testified that Taylor accosted the deceased, Jimmie Lee Mason, in South Birmingham, that the two men argued and Taylor shot and killed Mason. Taylor was arrested almost immediately after the murder a short distance from the scene.
The trial…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- Summers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Tillis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Crews v. HOUSTON CTY. DEPT. OF PENSIONS & SEC.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1978
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