Legal Opinion

Hart v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided December 7, 1926No. 4 Div. 197PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.

It is first contended that defendant was convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. If this were true, the judgment in this case would be reversed on authority of Alexander v. State, 20 Ala. App. 432, 102 So. 597. In this case, however, the testimony of the accomplice is corroborated by the testimony of the state witnesses Sikes and Ellis, who were not accomplices, and, while the testimony of Sikes and Ellis may not have been sufficient when considered alone to have sustained a conviction, their testimony was corroborative of the testimony of the accomplice so as to sustain…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Orr v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
  2. Alexander v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Copeland v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  2. Duncan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  3. Cartlidge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  4. Brewer v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929
  5. People v. HancockAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982

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