Legal Opinion

Colvin v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 25, 1954No. 6 Div. 610PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STAKELY, Justice.

The Court of Appeal,s. reversed the judgment, of conviction in the circuit court on two grounds. We shall first consider the opinion of the .Court of Appeals in connection with the examination of the ■ defendant’s witness Bob Calhoun. It appears that ■ Calhoun had come to the .apartment shared by Colvin and the deceased about ten o’clock on the Sunday morning. o,f the homicide. There he in- . formed Colvin that the deceased had wrecked the U-Drive-It automobile and. was lying, under a nearby house. With some degree of reluctance at Calhoun’s request, Colvin consented to go…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. MillonasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  2. Caldwell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  3. Alabama City G. & A. Ry. Co. v. HealdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  4. Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
  5. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1879

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Hanks v. HanksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
  2. McLaughlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  3. Bedsole v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  4. Colvin v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1957
  5. Hocutt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977

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