Legal Opinion
McPhearson v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 1, 1960No. 2 Div. 406PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
The appellant, John Lewis McPhearson, was indicted by a grand jury of Choctaw County for the first degree murder of his wife, Irma Lee McPhearson.
Upon arraignment McPhearson pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity.
His trial resulted in a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and his punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. Judgment and sentence were in accord with the verdict. McPhearson appealed to this court. Subsequent to the taking of his appeal, his motion for a new trial was overruled.
We have concluded after a careful and studied examination…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Nichols v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
- Vernon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
- Burns v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Dennis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
- Shelton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1905
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
- White v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Thigpen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
- Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
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