Legal Opinion

Caldwell v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided August 21, 1951No. 6 Div. 184PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of incest,, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of seven years.

The State contends that appellant had sexual intercourse with his daughter, a girl seventeen years of age.

The principal insistence in brief for appellant is that defendant was entitled to an acquittal, because the verdict of the jury was based upon the uncorroborated testimony of the prosecutrix, who was shown to be an accomplice under the facts adduced on the trial. This question is not presented for our decision. The point was not raised in the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pugh v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
  2. Lockwood v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
  3. Denton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1920
  4. Dotson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
  5. Dodson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1936

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Alexander v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967
  2. Caldwell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1952
  3. Goulden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  4. Reese v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  5. Trussell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967

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