Legal Opinion

Coulter v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 21, 1992No. CR-91-675Published

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLAN, Judge.

The petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, pursuant to a request for temporary custody made by the officials of Putnam County, Georgia, according to the Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detain-ers Act (“Interstate Agreement on Detain-ers”). The appellant is presently in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections, pursuant to his conviction of capital murder for a robbery murder. He was sentenced to death. In sentencing the appellant to death, the trial court considered the aggravating circumstance of two…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Johnson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Sweeney v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. California v. Superior Court of Cal., San Bernardino Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Marbles v. CreecySupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  5. Coulter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982

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