Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided April 7, 1964No. 1 Div. 937PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

First degree burglary (intent to ravish) : ten years sentence — minimum. The appellant is a Negro; the prosecutrix is not.

The prosecutrix testified that (at the time here pertinent) she was spending the night alone at home:

“A Well, around 3:00 or 4:00 o’clock I woke up with a colored man in bed with me.
“Q What caused you to awake?
“A Because he was kissing me.
“Q What did you do?
"A I began talking to him and asked him who he was, and he said, ‘Joe/ and I said, ‘Who is Joe?’ And he said, ‘You know Joe/
“Q What else, if anything, was said?
“A I said: ‘Let’s get up and I will make some…

2Cases cited99 opinions

  1. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Seals v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
  2. McCovery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  3. Parrish v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. Hutto v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  5. Richardson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984

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