Legal Opinion
Cruse v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 13, 1986PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from the 1985 order of the juvenile division of the circuit court of Mobile County transferring nineteen-year-old John Anthony Cruse for criminal prosecution.
On January 21, 1981, a petition was filed in juvenile court alleging that fourteen-year-old Cruse committed murder, attempted murder, and assault in the first degree. A hearing was held and on May 19, 1981, an order was issued transferring Cruse for criminal prosecution.
That order of transfer was not appealed, and Cruse was indicted and convicted for the murder of Betty Tait. That conviction was affirmed by this Court…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Breed v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Ex Parte WhisenantSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
- Ash v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Kelley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
- W.T.K. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
- Slaton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
- Smelley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
- D.B. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003
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