Legal Opinion
Tolen v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided November 14, 1972No. 5 Div. 98PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. J. HARALSON, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.
The appellant was charged with murder in the second degree, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. From this judgment he appeals.
From the evidence it appears that in Opelika on the evening of November 5, 1970, a card game was in progress at the home of the deceased, Sarah Ingram. Engaged in the game and otherwise in attendance as visitors were twelve or more persons. Clinton Tolen and Charlie Lee Mason along with the deceased, Sarah Ingram, and several others were engaged in the card game sitting…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gettings v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1947
- Warren v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- Lanier v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1965
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Gladden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
- Herbert Lee Richardson v. Willie Johnson, Warden, Holman Unit, and Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Sashington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
- Tolen v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
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