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Garrett v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 23, 1947No. 4 Div. 411PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

The defendant was convicted for the murder of Ruby Tolliver and received the death penalty.

He had previously served convictions, respectively, for the crimes of assault with intent to ravish and for murder in the first degree. The last sentence before the present one was life imprisonment for uxoricide. The present crime. was committed while he was on parole.

He confessed as soon as he was arrested and on trial almost admitted the killing when on cross-examination in answer to the solicitor’s question, “How long had you been out on parole when you killed Ruby?” he answered,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Rohn v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  4. Morrell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
  5. Alston v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  3. Jarrell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
  4. Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  5. Nolen v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950

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