Legal Opinion
Gobble v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 5, 2010No. CR-05-0225PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAIN, Judge.1
The appellant, Tierra Capri Gobble, was convicted of murdering her four-month-old son Phoenix Parrish, an offense defined as capital by § 13A-5-40(a)(15), Ala. Code 1975, because Phoenix was under the age of 14. The jury recommended, by a vote of 10 to 2, that Gobble be sentenced to death. The circuit court followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Gobble to death.
The State’s evidence established the following. On December 15, 2004, Phoenix was rushed to the emergency room of the Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Do-than. He was not breathing and had no pulse. Attempts…
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