Legal Opinion

O'Leary v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 9, 1981No. 79-680PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEATTY, Justice.

The facts of this case are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals. O’Leary v. State, Ala., [MS. May 6, 1980] 417 So.2d 214 (1980). We granted certiorari to ascertain whether that opinion conflicts with the principle of law expressed in Simmons v. F. W. Dodge Corporation, 270 Ala. 616, 120 So.2d 921 (1960), viz.: that a reviewing court will not weigh evidence as to any fact found by the trial court, but if there is any evidence, or any reasonable inference from the evidence to support the conclusion of that court, the judgment will not be…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Simmons v. F. W. Dodge CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  2. Barbour v. State Department of Pensions & SecurityCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  3. O'Leary v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ex Parte O'LearySupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  2. Revis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  4. Ebens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
  5. Marsden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983

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