Legal Opinion

Stokes v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided July 8, 1994No. CR-93-26PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

This court's opinion of May 6, 1994, is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor.

The appellant, Jerome Stokes, was found guilty of rape in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment.

The state's evidence tended to show that the victim was raped on July 23, 1992. The victim testified that she gave the appellant her telephone number when he gave her a ride home. Later on that day, he was to take the victim and a friend to a shopping mall. After he picked up the victim and while they were on…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TBSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Georgia v. McCollumSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Clemons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
  2. Duke v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002
  3. Ex Parte PressleySupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  4. Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
  5. Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000

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