GIBSON v. STATE

4 Div. 823.

387 So.2d 325 (1980)

Curtis C. GIBSON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

August 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Michael Raiford, Phenix City, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., Elizabeth Ann Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicted and convicted for forgery in the first degree. Sentence was eight years' imprisonment.

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The trial court properly charged the jury on the defense of duress even though the instructions had not been requested by the defendant.

In a statement given to a police officer after his arrest, the defendant stated that two men had threatened him with bodily harm if he did not try to get the check cashed. The...

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