Opinion

McDonald v. State

  • 57 Ala. App. 529
  • 329 So. 2d 583
  • 1975 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 1274
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Filed
May 27, 1975
Status
Published
On the bench
Bookout, Cates, Tyson, Harris, Decarlo
Cited by
40 cases

holding that sexual intercourse or the promise of sexual intercourse is a "thing of value” under the state bribery statute

How later courts described this case

  • holding that sexual intercourse or the promise of sexual intercourse is a "thing of value” under the state bribery statute
  • holding that sexual intercourse or the promise of sexual intercourse is a “thing of value” under state bribery statute
  • interpreting prior version of bribery statute
  • “The test of value is the desire of a person for the thing in question.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

ON REHEARING

Application overruled.

CATES, P. J., and TYSON, HARRIS and DeCARLO, JJ., concur.

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