Legal Opinion

Dailey v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 17, 1936No. 1 Div. 921PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOULDIN, Justice.

Appellant, Wash Dailey, was jointly indicted with Wesley Berry, Joe Skumro, Nollie Mizelle, and Eugene Mizelle for the murder of Abe Baxter.

After severance, separate trials have been had. This is the third to be reviewed by this court. See Berry v. State, 231 Ala. 437, 165 So. 97, and Skumro v. State, 170 So. 776.

Eugene Mizelle became a witness for the State, indeed the only direct witness as to the fact of a murder, the parties present and participating therein, the circumstances attending the slaying, and later efforts at concealment and suppression of evidence.

The chief…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Malachi v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  2. Skumro v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  3. Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
  4. Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  5. Lancaster v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Carpenter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  4. People v. MeagherAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  5. Eaton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967

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