Legal Opinion

Wiggins v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided April 13, 1937No. 4 Div. 299PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SAMFORD, Judge.

The defendant was indicted jointly with Robert Dawkins and Nathan Snowden in an indictment containing seven counts; some of which counts charged robbery and some of them grand larceny. The injured party being Lonnie Smith. From the judgment rendered in the case, Foster Wiggins appeals.

Contention is made by appellant’s counsel that the evidence, if believed beyond a reasonable doubt, makes a clear case of robbery and that, therefore, the defendants were entitled to the affirmative charge as to the counts charging grand larceny. This insistence is untenable. Every element of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
  2. Ex Parte MarshallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
  3. Gillman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1910
  4. Baugh v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  5. Swope v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Ex Parte McIntoshSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
  2. Sims v. CallahanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  3. Blackwell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  4. Diamond v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
  5. Gholston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976

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