Legal Opinion
Ball v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 30, 1949No. 7 Div. 972PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVINGSTON, Justice.
Lonnie James Ball was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed at death by electrocution. His appeal to' this Court is under the provisions of, and controlled by, the automatic appeal statutes of this State. — Section 382 (1), et seq., Title 15, Code of 1940, Pocket Part.
The principal argument for reversal is directed to the refusal of the lower court to grant defendant’s amended motion for a new trial.
We will first dispose of questions presented by the record other than those presented by the motion.
The record shows, without conflict in the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Patton v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Reedy v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
- Vernon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Fuller v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Bufford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Maund v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Daniels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
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