Legal Opinion

Wiggins v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 18, 1943No. 4 Div. 283PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Justice.

There was» a general verdict finding the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment. The several counts of the indictment each charge, in statutory form, the commission of a felony, kindred crimes, subject to like punishment, to be fixed by the Court. In imposing a single penalty and sentence, the court was authorized to refer the conviction to any one of said counts. Scott v. State, 37 Ala. 117; Cawley v. State, 37 Ala. 152; Arden v. State, 6 Ala.App. 64, 60 So. 538; Lucas v. State, 144 Ala. 63, 39 So. 821, 3 L.R.A.,N.S., 412; Hughes v. State, 11 Ala.App. 307, 66 So. 844.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lucas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1905
  2. Cawley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1861
  3. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1861
  4. Hughes v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1914
  5. Arden v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
  2. Cox v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
  3. Moore v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
  4. Hannon v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948
  5. Russell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951

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