Legal Opinion

Ladd v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 18, 1957No. 8 Div. 5PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

Raymond Ladd was indicted at the 1955 Spring Term of the Jackson Circuit Court for grand larceny of 1,000 pounds of lespedeza-sericea seed of the value of $250, the personal property of Walter L. Johnson. Plis first trial resulted in a hung jury. The second trial on March 26, 1956, resulted in a verdict of guilty of grand larceny, and a judgment of guilt and a sentence of imprisonment for two years. A motion for a new trial filed within the time allowed by law was overruled.

The evidence for the State was that Robert Haas, sometime in the Fall of 1953, sold his father-in-law,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sorrell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
  2. Horn v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1916
  3. Fagan v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
  4. Lawson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1955
  5. Smothers v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Jacks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. United States v. Alphonso T. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
  3. McCoy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  4. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  5. Leonard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966

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