Ex Parte Lynn
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
* This defendant's name appeared as Fredrick Lynn in the Court of Criminal Appeals. His petition in the Supreme Court was under the name Frederick Lynn.
We issued the writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals in Lynn v. State, 543 So.2d 704 (Ala.Crim.App. 1987), which affirmed Lynn's conviction for capital murder and the trial court's imposition of the death sentence. The writ was issued as a matter of right pursuant to Rule 39(c), A.R.App.P.
The facts of this case have been thoroughly set forth in previous opinions.1 Suffice it to say that in 1983, 16-year-old…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Ex Parte BranchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Ex Parte JacksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Ex Parte StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
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3Cited by95 opinions
- United States v. Leo BishopCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Ex Parte BirdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
- Coral v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
- O'NEAL v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
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