Legal Opinion
Burton v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1959No. 6 Div. 630PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Presiding Judge.
On 19 March 1956 this appellant, with leave of the court, withdrew his plea of not guilty, and entered a plea of guilty to manslaughter in the first degree. Pursuant to a jury’s verdict judgment of guilt was entered on 11 May 1956, and appellant was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for three years.
On 21 May 1956 appellant filed a motion for a new trial, which was heard on 1 June 1956.
On 1 June 1956 the State moved to strike the motion for a new trial, and this motion was granted.
An appeal was perfected to this court, the case coming here on a record…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ex Parte TannerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Ex Parte MyersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
- Sorsby v. WilkersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Bray v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1918
- Burton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1957
3Cited by14 opinions
- Seibold v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Twyman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Honeycuttt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
- Aaron v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966
- Williams v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966
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