Legal Opinion
State v. Akins
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 1963No. 1270PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUCKMEYER, Justice.
Appellants, Van Akins, Sam Akins and Bennie Akins, were charged with murder in the first degree, found guilty after trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. They appeal to this Court, urging that it was error for the court below to admit evidence of crimes distinct and independent from those with which they were charged.
On Sunday evening, October 29th, 1961, the appellants and two juveniles named Draper and Finnerson rode with appellants in an automobile owned and driven by Bennie Akins to a tavern at Hamilton’s Corner near Chandler, Arizona. The automobile was backed up…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lovely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- State v. LittleArizona Supreme Court · 1960
- Roulston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
- Shoong v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- State v. SernaArizona Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by32 opinions
- State v. HughesArizona Supreme Court · 1967
- State v. BoagArizona Supreme Court · 1969
- State v. HardingArizona Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. MooreArizona Supreme Court · 1972
- State v. HardinArizona Supreme Court · 1965
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