Legal Opinion
Seales v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 19, 1991No. 1900355PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Theron Seales was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County of the first degree rape of his seven-year-old stepdaughter. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction and rendered a judgment in Seales's favor.Seales v. State, 581 So.2d 1188 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990). The State's application for rehearing in that court was overruled. The State then filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, which was granted. We reverse and remand.
See the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals for a full explanation of the facts and circumstances surrounding this case.
The State maintains that the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Carl Roberts and Barbara Bookout v. United States of America, John Cocco v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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