Legal Opinion

Chesson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 3, 1983No. 3 Div. 556Published

1Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was indicted by the Montgomery County Grand Jury for the offense of murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and the court sentenced appellant to life imprisonment. Appellant does not raise the sufficiency of the evidence as an issue on appeal.

The victim was a seven-month old baby girl who died as a result of blunt force trauma to her head. Her skull had been severely fractured, and her body evidenced numerous other puncture wounds, lacerations, blisters, and bruises, of both immediate and longer term infliction.

Appellant gave two statements in which he admitted…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Ex Parte AllenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  2. Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  3. Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  4. Elrod v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
  5. Lidge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982

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