Legal Opinion
James v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 8, 1998No. CR-96-0405PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Joe Nathan James, Jr., appeals from his conviction of capital murder, a violation of § 13A-5-40 (a) (4), Ala. Code 1975. On August 26, 1996, James was tried before a jury on the charge that he murdered Faith Hall during the commission of burglary in the first degree, on August 15, 1994. Following the guilty verdict, the jury recommended, by a vote of 10 — 2, that James receive the death penalty. The trial court imposed the death sentence recommended by the jury. James appeals.
The State's evidence tends to show the following. James was a former boyfriend of Faith Hall's and had a history of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by38 opinions
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