Legal Opinion
Howard v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 28, 1961No. 3 Div. 929PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.
The appellant, Roosevelt Howard, alias “Pee Wee” Howard, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Butler County, Alabama, for killing Vandiver Lazenby by shooting him in the back with' a .22 caliber rifle. His punishment was fixed at death by electrocution. The appeal comes here under the Automatic Appeal Statute, Sec. 382(1), Title 15, Code of Alabama 1940, Cumulative Pocket Part. There was a motion for a new trial which was overruled.
No good purpose would be served by setting out all the evidence in detail. Lazenby was killed on January 9, 1960,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Beaird v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- Swindle v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1937
- Duff v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958
- Collum v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1926
- Hanye v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Acres v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
- Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Dilbeck v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- Lehr v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
- Uldric v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966
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