Legal Opinion
Acoff v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 15, 1973No. 2 Div. 79PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, Judge.
The Grand Jury of Dallas County, Alabama, indicted the appellant for the first degree murder of one Betty Joyce Castle-berry by shooting her with a pistol. Following the lengthy trial, the Jury’s verdict found the appellant guilty as charged and fixed punishment at death in the electric chair. Judgment set sentence in accordance with the verdict, and the appellant’s motion for a new trial was duly overruled.
The following affidavit was given to B. M. Miller Childers, Judge of the Dallas County Court, on January 13, 1971, by Mrs. Gracie Howard, one of the two victims of an assault…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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