Legal Opinion

Ingram v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 30, 1949No. 7 Div. 5PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

■ FOSTER, Justice.

The questions presented by petitioner on this appeal are (1) whether appellant’s confession was improperly admitted and (2) whether the court improperly sustained the State’s objection to the offer of appellant while testifying on direct examination to say that at the time he made a written confession he was frightened and ’ afraid.

' (1) Appellant was tried and convicted for shooting his wife. This occurred in Gadsden, Alabama, and appellant fled- to Opelika, Alabama, where he was arrested' five or six days later. The opinion of the Court of Appeals states the evidence…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Chambers v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Upshaw v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Fikes v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Duncan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  4. Bridges v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  5. Seibold v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970

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