Legal Opinion
Reeves v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 6, 1953No. 3 Div. 663PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
Appellant, Jeremiah Reeves, Jr., age seventeen years, was indicted for rape by a grand jury of Montgomery County. Upon trial, the jury found him guilty and imposed the death penalty. Judgment and sentence were in accord with the verdict. After his motion for a new trial was overruled, he brought this appeal.
• There is no reason to make a detailed statement of the evidence. The following summary will suffice.
The prosecutrix, a white woman, testified that about 12:15 p. m. on July 28, 1952, a Negro male entered her home and forcibly ravished her, beat her about the head, took…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Avery v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Stroble v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Lyons v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by29 opinions
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