Legal Opinion
Seagroves v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 23, 1968No. 8 Div. 270PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOHN, Justice.
The appellant, Audie Lee Seagroves, was. indicted and tried for murder in the first degree. The jury found him guilty and fixed his punishment at death. Judgment and sentence were in accord with the verdict.
The appeal here is under the automatic appeal law applicable to cases where the death sentence is imposed. Act No. 249, approved June 24, 1943, General Acts 1943, p. 217, carried in the 1955 Cumulative Pocket Part to Vol. Four, 1940 Official Code, and in the 1958 Recompiled Code as Title 15, § 382(1) et seq.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Seagroves v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
3Cited by10 opinions
- Hunter v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Dannelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
- Merriweather v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Robinson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1969
- Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
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