Legal Opinion
Hobbs v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 26, 1981PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Appellants Oscar Peter Hobbs and Elijah Pickett were indicted in separate indictments by the Grand Jury of Baldwin County in July of 1980 for rape in the first degree. By agreement of the State and the defendants, the two were tried jointly in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as to both defendants and both were sentenced to life imprisonment.
The jury returned separate verdicts as to each defendant and there was a separate…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- George W. Bates v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Dennison v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
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3Cited by51 opinions
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