Legal Opinion

Biggs v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided January 20, 1976PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appellant was convicted of rape and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of thirty years in accordance with the verdict of a jury.

The alleged victim, a twenty-year-old woman, testified that on March 6, 1974, her apartment was broken into at approximately 12:30 or 1:00 A.M.; that two men entered the apartment without her permission. She said she awoke to find a man on top of her and another man standing beside her bed, both wearing stockings over their faces. She said that the man on top of her achieved penetration. She testified that appellant was the man standing by the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Barnett v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
  2. Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  3. Clayton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  4. National Casualty Co. v. DunnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  5. Etheridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  2. Inmon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  3. Hammond v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  4. Watkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  5. Biggs v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976

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