Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 13, 1969No. 6 Div. 83PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.
This appeal is from appellant’s conviction in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, of burglary in the first degree with sentence of life imprisonment.
On December 23, 1963, Charles Clarence Hamilton, appellant, was convicted by a jury of the offense of breaking and entering an inhabited dwelling in the nighttime with the intent to ravish. Title 14, Sec. 85, Code of Alabama 1940.
The indictment under which the appellant was convicted was returned by the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit on February 8, 1957 and contained two counts…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Behel v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1960
- McCall v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Hardy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- Eric Morris and Riley Sanders, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. L. B. Sullivan, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Richardson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Eddins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
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