Legal Opinion

Fuqua v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 2, 1997No. CR-96-0182PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Judge.

The appellant, Dea: Fuqua, was convicted of robbery in the third degree, a violation of § 13A-8-43, Code of Alabama 1975. The appellant was sentenced, as a habitual felony offender with five prior felony convictions, to 25 years’ imprisonment.

The facts adduced at trial are as follows. On May 26, 1995, Haitham Musa, an employee of New York Fashion clothing store, saw the appellant enter the CSO clothing store, located across the mall aisle from New York Fashion. Musa testified that when he first noticed the appellant, she was wearing “white spandex” and a white shirt, she had on a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  2. Ex Parte SappSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
  3. Buchannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
  4. Gordon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  5. Laney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Ingram v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003
  2. Lattimore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998

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