Legal Opinion
Harnage v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 28, 1972No. 7 Div. 934PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
Defendant Harnage was convicted of the offense of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. He was charged with strangling Linda Croft and killing her.
Several points are treated in the opinion of the Criminal Court of Appeals, 48 Ala.App. 563, 274 So.2d 333, but the only point on which the judgment was reversed, and the only point before us is stated in the following from the opinion of that court:
“At the conclusion of the oral charge, the Court instructed the jury to retire and make up the verdict. The record reveals the following:
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Shadle v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
- Stephens v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Nichols v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Marsden v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Bradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Nicks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- Commonwealth v. JamesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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