Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Berryhill
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 4, 2001No. 1992043PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Jason Roger Berryhill was indicted for capital murder. The trial court appointed Mr. John A. Bivens, an attorney with over five years' experience in the practice of criminal law, and Ms. Virginia Buck, an attorney with less than five years' experience in the practice of criminal law, to represent Berryhill at trial. A jury convicted Berryhill of capital murder, and the court sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Bivens…
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