Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided August 18, 1959No. 5 Div. 546PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRICE, Judge.
The indictment charged that defendant, against the order of nature, carnally knew Annie Ruth Spivey. Title 14, Sec. 106, Code 1940.
The state’s evidence is fairly and substantially set out in the Attorney General’s brief in this language.
“The prosecutrix in this case was at the time of the offense charged a resident of Alexander City, Alabama. Sometime in the year 1957 around 11:00 P.M. she was standing in her yard near her front porch. The State’s evidence tends to show that she observed the appellant coming toward her just as she started back into her home. The appellant came up…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Drazen v. New Haven Taxicab Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Gillman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
- Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Welch v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1938
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Romine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Word v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- Page v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
- Etheridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
- Murphy v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963