Legal Opinion
McWhorter v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 30, 2011No. CR-09-1129PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOINER, Judge.1
Casey A. McWhorter appeals the circuit court’s denial of his petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P. We affirm.
In March 1994, McWhorter was convicted of capital murder in connection with the death of Edward Lee Williams because it was committed during the course of a first-degree robbery. See § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975. Following the penalty phase, the jury, by a vote of 10-2, recommended that McWhorter be sentenced to death. The circuit court accepted the jury’s recommendation and sentenced McWhorter to death.
This Court affirmed…
2Cases cited193 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by23 opinions
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