Legal Opinion

Scott v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided January 17, 1992No. CR-90-990PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The appellant, Randall Scott, was convicted of robbery in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act.

The state's evidence tended to show as follows: On August 30, 1988, a robbery occurred at the Citgo Food Mart on the Selma Highway in Montgomery County. The clerk, Sonji Woodard, gave a description of the assailant and identified Randall Scott, the appellant, as the robber after looking at pictures in two different books of photographs of known offenders. She stated that he was wearing a…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Ex Parte ThomasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  2. McNair v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
  3. Ex Parte McNairSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  4. Gamble v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
  5. Ex Parte BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996

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