Legal Opinion

Chatom v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 17, 1977PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

348 So.2d 838 (1977)

In re Jerre CHATOM

v.

STATE of Alabama.

Ex Parte State of Alabama ex rel. Attorney General.

SC 2168.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 17, 1977.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Ellis D. Hanan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner the State.

2Per curiam

We granted certiorari to review the per curiam decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals in 1 Div. 688, Chatom v. State, (1976), 348 So.2d 828.

The issue presented is whether the results of an "atomic absorption test" [1] were properly admitted into evidence.

Chatom was tried and convicted for the first degree murders of deputies David Beck and Robert…

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3Cases cited13 opinions

  1. People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
  2. Maslankowski v. Beam Ex Rel. QuernemeonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  3. Brooke v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1959
  4. State v. MillerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1960
  5. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1965

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4Cited by24 opinions

  1. People v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Mills v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  3. Ex Parte DolvinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  4. Dolvin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  5. Magwood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996

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