Legal Opinion

Thomas v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 8, 1979PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

373 So.2d 1149 (1979)

Roger Scott THOMAS

v.

STATE.

2 Div. 238.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

March 27, 1979.

Rehearing Denied April 17, 1979.

As Amended May 8, 1979.

Thomas H. Boggs, Jr., Demopolis, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty, Gen., and Linda C. Breland, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, appellee.

TYSON, Judge.

Roger Scott Thomas was charged in a two-count indictment under Alabama's Death Penalty Statute, § 13-11-2 through § 13-11-9, Code of Alabama 1975 (Act No. 213, General Acts of Alabama 1975), for the intentional killing of William Beville by shooting him with a shotgun while in…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  4. Davis v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  2. Bufford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  3. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  4. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  5. Neelley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985

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