Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Taylor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 30, 2005No. 1040186PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOLIN, Justice.
Michael Shannon Taylor was convicted of three counts of capital murder for the killings of Ivan Moore and Lucille Moore. The murders were made capital because they were committed during the course of robbery, see § 13A-5-40(a)(2) Ala.Code 1975 (two counts), and because two or more people were murdered according to one scheme or course of conduct, see § 13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala Code 1975 (one count). On April 14, 1993, the jury unanimously recommended that Taylor be sentenced to death; the trial court accepted the jury’s recommendation. The Court of Criminal Appeals remanded the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Ex Parte KuenzelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
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- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
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