Legal Opinion

Yarber v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 27, 1981PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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Second degree murder; sentence: twenty years' imprisonment.

This is yet another case in a series of cases arising out of the kidnapping and double murder of Mrs. Clarice Knabe and Ronald Harvey White. The instant appeal is from a conviction resulting from appellant's second trial for the murder of Mrs. Knabe. Appellant's conviction in his first trial for murdering Mrs. Knabe was ultimately reversed because of prosecutorial comments on appellant's failure to…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Mancusi v. StubbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Cumbo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  4. Dolvin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  5. White v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ex Parte YarberSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
  2. Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  5. Wesley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985

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