Legal Opinion

Mullins v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided November 28, 1944No. 4 Div. 858PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARR, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree. To the indictment he interposed pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. He was convicted of murder in the second degree.

The circumstances of the homicide are not in material conflict. Appellant disclaimed any knowledge or recollection whatsoever of the events relating to the occasion when undisputedly he shot the deceased with a pistol.

It will not add clarity or import to this opinion to analyze the testimony. Suffice it to say the State’s evidence amply supported an unlawful homicide. Appellant introduced…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Parsons v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
  2. Burton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
  3. Moulton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  4. Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  5. Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. United States v. Quinn L. PolsinelliCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
  2. Jarrell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
  3. Millican v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  4. Adams v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1947
  5. Peyton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1960

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