Legal Opinion

Brooks v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 20, 1984No. 1 Div. 628Published

1Opinion of the Court

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

The trial court adjudged defendant-appellant guilty and sentenced him to imprisonment for twenty years upon acceptance of his plea of guilty to an indictment that charged in pertinent part:

“Michael D. Brooks, ..., in the course of committing a theft of money, ..., the property of B & D Quik Shop, threatened the imminent use of force against the person of Angie Robinson, with the intent to compel acquiescence to the taking of or escaping with the property, while the said Michael D. Brooks was armed with a deadly weapon, to-wit: a pistol, in violation of §…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Simpson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Busic v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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