Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Harris
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 5, 2004No. 1020899PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On February 21, 2002, Roland Edwin Harris was convicted of the murder of Jonathon Davis, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Harris to 20 years' imprisonment and ordered him to pay $100 to the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund.
On August 20, 2000, a passerby found Davis's body lying in some bushes. Davis had been shot in the head. The passerby flagged down Officer Colletta Shepard, who was patrolling in the area. Officer Shepard followed the passerby to where Davis's body was lying. Officer Shepard then "called dispatch and told them to notify" the evidence…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. HastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Thompson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Dawson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1995
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Deardorff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
- Knight v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005