Legal Opinion
Lang v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 2, 1960No. 8 Div. 25PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
Wimp Lang was convicted in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County of having carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of twelve years. — § 398, Title 14, Code 1940.
Lang appealed to the Court of Appeals, where the judgment of the circuit court was reversed.
Its application for rehearing being overruled by the Court of Appeals, the State of Alabama filed in this court a petition for writ of certiorari to review and revise the judgment and decision of the Court of Appeals.
We granted the prayer of the petition and ordered the issuance of the writ of certiorari.
The writ was duly issued…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Orr v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Hull v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Ex Parte WadeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Duncan v. City of ScottsboroSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
3Cited by7 opinions
- Woodard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1965
- Boggan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Washburn v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
- Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
- Lang v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
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