Legal Opinion
Bridges v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 7, 1969No. 1 Div. 450PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Ala bama, finding the defendant, Elijah Bridges, Jr., guilty of murder in the first degree and sentencing him to life imprisonment.
Defendant and a codefendant, Edward Braggs, were indicted and tried separately for the murder of Rawley Hall. Defendant was adjudged indigent and is represented on this appeal by court-appointed counsel who represented him at trial.
The deceased lived in Prichard with her son, Jerry Hall, who was employed as a pharmacist at Providence Hospital. On July 17, 1966, Jerry…
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3Cited by94 opinions
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