Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 1, 1983PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appellant was indicted for capital murder for the intentional killing of two or more persons by the same act or series of acts in violation of § 13A-5-31 (a)(10), Code of Alabama 1975. Appellant entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and, after a sentencing hearing, appellant's punishment was fixed at life imprisonment without parole.
The State's evidence proved that on April 8, 1981, appellant caused the deaths of Willis Eugene ("Boy") Johnson and Maynard Aaron Overstreet, Jr. by shooting them with a .16 gauge shotgun.
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2Cases cited50 opinions
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- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Beck v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
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