Legal Opinion
Beecher v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 6, 1966No. 8 Div. 208PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.
Johnny Daniel Beecher, alias Johnnie Johnson, alias Johnny Duke, was indicted by the Grand Jury of Jackson County, Alabama, on July 29, 1964. The indictment contained three counts: Count 1 charged, the defendant with murder in the first degree of Martha Jane Chisenall; Counts 2 and 3 were identical and charged the defendant with raping Martha Jane Chisenall on two different occasions. The two counts for rape were later nolle prossed. The appellant was tried on the count charging first degree murder, found guilty and sentenced to death.
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2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Beecher v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Seals v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- Parker v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
- Dannelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
- Beecher v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
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