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Ex parte State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 17, 2016No. CR-15-0619, CR-15-0622, CR-15-0623 and CR-15-0624PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLUM, Judge.

The State of Alabama has filed four petitions' for' a writ of mandamus. asking this Court to direct the Jefferson Circuit Court to vacate its order declaring Alabama's “capital-sentencing scheme” unconstitutional and barring the State from seeking the death penalty in capital-murder prosecutions. Because these petitions address the same issue, we consolidate them for the purpose of writing a single opinion. We grant the petitions and issue the writs.

Facts and Procedural History

Kenneth Eugene Billups, Stanley Brent Chatman, Terrell Corey McMullin, and Benjamin Todd Acton…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  4. Walton v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. Spaziano v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State v. MasonOhio Court of Appeals · 2016
  2. Henderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2017
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2014
  4. United States v. RoofDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 2016
  5. Kirksey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2016

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