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Rush v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 13, 1950No. 8 Div. 450PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STAKELY, Justice.

C. C. Rush (appellant) was indicted for., murder in the first degree. Trial of the case resulted in a conviction of murder in the second degree and- a sentence of 35 years in the penitentiary. This appeal is from the conviction and sentence.

On May 20, 1947, C. C. Rush, his son Wesley Rush, his son-in-law Odis Rainwater, W. M. Rodgers and W. M. Rodgers, Jr. were plowing and sowing on the Rush farm which adjoins the farm of E. E. Ridgeway in ■ Marshall County, Alabama. Two shots were heard apparently coming from the thicket on the boundary line between the two farms. Tendencies…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Doss v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  2. Doss v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1929
  3. Spooney v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1904
  5. Ex parte Branch & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1879

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Holloway v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1952
  2. Timmons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  3. Keith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  4. Tilton v. HortonSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
  5. State Ex Rel. Baxley v. StrawbridgeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974

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