Legal Opinion
Butler v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided April 28, 2000No. CR-99-0189PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The appellant, Charles M. Butler, Jr., was convicted of murder made capital because it was committed during a kidnapping in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
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Butler contends that the State failed to establish a prima facie case of capital murder during the course of a kidnapping in the first degree, because, he argues the evidence did not establish that he acted in complicity…
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