Legal Opinion
Singleton v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided May 11, 1948No. 1 Div. 562PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Judge.
The appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree. Her jury trial resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, her punishment being fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of twenty ^ears.
No motion for a new trial was filed.
The prosecution below revolved around the discovery of the body of a new born baby.
On a Mondáy morning in January, 1946, the body of a new born Negro male infant was found in or near the white cemetery in Jackson, Alabama. The child had been born within the previous twenty-four hours. Adhering to the body was a section…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Scott v. McPheetersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1939
- People v. StaplesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
- People v. ChavezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1947
- Josef v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Keeler v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- State v. ShephardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1963
- Bennett v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1963
- Lane v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1978
- State v. D. OSMUSWyoming Supreme Court · 1954
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