Rigell v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Geneva Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. II. A. Pearce. Isliam Rigell, alias, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and appeals. The defendant was convicted of killing Tallie Purvis, under the circumstances as stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from Geneva Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. II. A. Pearce. Isliam Rigell, alias, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and appeals. The defendant was convicted of killing Tallie Purvis, under the circumstances as stated in the opinion. J)ur-in g..the examination of a witness concerning a pistol found in the yard the next morning, the solicitor said: “Suppose they found one there? It does not necessarily follow from the fact that it was a pistol. that was dropped there by deceased, as there was plenty of time and opportunity for a pistol to have been dropped there by…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
— The principles . of law applicable to one theory of the defense here are so clearly stated by Judge Coleman, in Hooks v. State, 99 Ala. 168, 13 South. 768, that we quote as folkrws: “Where one person' detects' another ip the act of adultery with his wife, and immediately slays the adulterer or his Avife, as a matter of law the provocation is sufficient to reduce the killing to manslaughter. The law does not declare that anything less than actual sexual intercourse is a sufficient provocation, * * * to reduce the offense from murder to manslaughter. It may be that the detection of . another,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Storey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1882
- Gafford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- McKee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- McNeill v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
- White v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Clayton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929
- Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Brewington v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1923
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