Legal Opinion

Knighten v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided November 25, 1986PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

507 So.2d 1015 (1986)

John Ellis KNIGHTEN

v.

STATE.

6 Div. 694.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

November 25, 1986.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1987.

Certiorari Denied May 29, 1987.

Richard E. Sandefer of Sandefer & Francis, Pinson, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and J. Anthony McLain and James F. Hampton, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Alabama Supreme Court 86-702.

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found this appellant guilty of murder as charged in a count of an indictment that alleged in pertinent part that defendant "did recklessly engage in conduct which…

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  5. United States v. National Dairy Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Sockwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
  2. Ex Parte WindsorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
  3. Snyder v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003
  4. Mullis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  5. Buskey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994

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