Legal Opinion
Lee v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided March 2, 1943No. 6 Div. 942PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The defendant was indicted and tried for a capital felony. It was charged that he "did carnally know, or abuse in the attempt to carnally know Elese Lee, a girl under the age of twelve years," etc. The statute prescribes punishment of imprisonment in the penitentiary or death, at the discretion of the jury. Code 1940, Title 14, Sec. 398. The jury assessed punishment in the case at fourteen years imprisonment.
The verdict returned was not received in open court in…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Wilkins v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940
- State ex rel. Illinois Cent. R. v. Board of Levee Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1902
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Mason v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
- Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Ex Parte BynumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Noble v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
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