Legal Opinion
Brown v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 27, 1970No. 3 Div. 18PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CATES, Judge.
Murder, second degree; punishment: 20 years in the penitentiary.
The State’s evidence tended to show: that on the night of December 20, 1968, Garrett Gill, Sterling Watkins (decedent herein) and decedent’s son, Elmire Watkins, were driving in Gill’s automobile; all three were sitting on the front seat of the car with Gill driving, Elmire in the middle and decedent next to the door. As Gill turned off a highway onto a road which lead to decedent’s house, appellant in another vehicle turned in behind them and hollered, “Stop the God damn car,” then bumped into the back of Gill’s car…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wynehamer v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Stokes v. . People of the State of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Aaron v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
- Seals v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- United States v. Edward Grady PartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Henderson by Hartsfield v. Alabama PowerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Thigpen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
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