Collier v. State

Decision Date19 March 1976
Citation328 So.2d 629,295 Ala. 397
PartiesIn re Larry Glenn COLLIER v. STATE. Ex parte STATE of Alabama. SC 1678.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals.

William J. Baxley, Atty.Gen., and Jack A. Blumenfeld, Asst.Atty.Gen., for the State, petitioner.

MADDOX, Justice.

Petition of the State for Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that Court in Collier v. State, 57 Ala.App. 375, 328 So.2d 626.

WRIT DENIED.

HEFLIN, C.J., and MERRILL, JONES and SHORES, JJ., concur.

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  • Kent v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • October 3, 1978
    ...to the person assailed, but also to any members of his family. Collier v. State, 57 Ala.App. 375, 328 So.2d 626, cert. denied, 295 Ala. 397, 328 So.2d 629 (1975). It has long been the law in Alabama that, if an assault on one's house is made under circumstances which would create a just app......
  • Brooks v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • December 3, 1993
    ...with complete safety ... [b]y retreating"); Collier v. State, 57 Ala.App. 375, 377, 328 So.2d 626, 628 (1975), cert. denied, 295 Ala. 397, 328 So.2d 629 (1976) (a necessary element of self-defense is that there be "no reasonable mode of retreat or " 'Where, as here, the killing was admitted......
  • Crawford v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • July 25, 1978
    ...given . . . ." Smith, 88 Ala. at 77, 78, 7 So. at 53. See also Collier v. State, 57 Ala.App. 375, 328 So.2d 626, cert. denied, 295 Ala. 397, 328 So.2d 629 (1976); McMillon v. State, 37 Ala.App. 690, 74 So.2d 728 (1954); Abercrombie v. State, 33 Ala.App. 581, 36 So.2d 111 (1948); Jacobs v. S......
  • Cooper v. State, 6 Div. 738
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • August 29, 1978
    ...the accused was free from fault in bringing on the difficulty. Collier v. State, 57 Ala.App. 375, 328 So.2d 626, cert. denied, 295 Ala. 397, 328 So.2d 629. If the undisputed evidence fails to establish one of these conditions, or there is no evidence warranting the finding of these conditio......
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