Legal Opinion

Wiggins v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided October 11, 1966PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Judge.

Appellant was indicted and tried for murder in the first degree in Covington County. He was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for fifteen years as. punishment therefor. From this judgment he makes this appeal.

Appellant contends that it was error to. admit into evidence a telephone conversation between Deputy Sheriff Mancil Pierce and a person alleged to be appellant. This alleged conversation occurred on the same day of the homicide and was in substance a threat by the caller upon the life of deceased. In an attempt to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dentman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957
  2. Hayes v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
  3. Levert v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
  4. Amerson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1965
  5. Levert v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Acoff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  2. Sparks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Chisler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  4. Bremer Business Finance Corp. v. Whitney (In Re SRC Holding Corp.)District Court, D. Minnesota · 2007
  5. Piccirillo v. WainwrightDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980

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