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Dannelly v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 17, 1971No. 2 Div. 57PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

First degree murder (for killing his father) : sentence, life imprisonment. In addition to the general issue the defendant also pled not guilty by reason of insanity.

I

The defense moved for a change of venue because of: (1) the deceased’s prominence in Wilcox County; (2) the alleged abnormal newspaper and television publicity as to the killing; (3) the assignment (before formal arrest) of a highway patrolman to attend the defendant; and (4) the publication “by various news media desseminated in Wilcox County” of the report of Bryce Hospital’s lunacy commission.

This motion was…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
  2. Siebert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  3. Travis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
  4. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
  5. Duke v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002

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