Legal Opinion

Baker v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided July 26, 1923No. 7 Div. 897PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.

The defendant was convicted for conveying saws into the Calhoun county jail, for the purpose of aiding his brother, Talmadge Baker, to escape.

The evidence for the state tended to show that shortly after Talmadge Baker was placed in' the Calhoun county jail on a charge of murder, the defendant and others came to the jail on one Sunday afternoon when religious services- were being conducted and 12 to 15 persons in addition to the prisoners were present.

The defendant, when he entered the corridor of the jail, started to the place in the jail where his brother, Talmadge Baker, was, and the jailor…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Gassenheimer v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  2. Dennison v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  4. Ingram v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1864
  5. Shelton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1905

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Mason v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  2. Bridges v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  3. Clayton v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929
  4. Kenny v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  5. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977

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