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
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Seals v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- McCovery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Parrish v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Hutto v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Richardson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
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