Legal Opinion
Thornton v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 23, 1950No. 6 Div. 989PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Justice.
The defendant Pierce W. Thornton was indicted by the grand jury duly impaneled in the Circuit Court of Lamar County at the October Term, 1948 for murder in the first degree, the indictment charging in a single count, “That Pierce W. Thorton, alias P. W. Thornton, unlawfully, and with malice aforethought, killed John D. Taylor, by shooting him with a pistol, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.”
The defendant was arraigned on said indictment at the July Session of the Circuit Court of Lamar County on Wednesday, July 14, 1949, and being called on to plead,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Mutual Life Insurance v. HillmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
- Burton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
- Maddox v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Kilgore v. StanleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. ThorntonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
- Hayes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Ex Parte BryarsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- Hilley v. HilleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- Levy v. LevySupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
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