Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Weaver
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 2, 1996No. 1950044PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
William Ray Weaver was indicted and convicted in Etowah County for the capital offense stated in Ala. Code 1975, §13A-5-40(a)(2), involving the robbery and murder of Aubrey Ray Estes. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Weaver's conviction and death sentence, and it later overruled his application for rehearing. See Weaver v. State, 678 So.2d 260 (Ala.Crim.App. 1995), for a detailed statement of the facts. We granted certiorari review pursuant to Rule 39(c), Ala.R.App.P. We reverse and remand.
The dispositive issue is whether the trial court erred to reversal in instructing the jury as…
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