Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 29, 1982PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

452 So.2d 487 (1982)

Ervin EDWARDS, alias

v.

STATE.

1 Div. 335.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

June 29, 1982.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1982.

Michael A. Figures and Merceria L. Ludgood, Mobile, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and Thomas R. Allison and Edward E. Carnes, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

DeCARLO, Judge.

The appellant was indicted by the Mobile County Grand Jury in October 1979 for the capital murder of Mobile police officer, Henry Booth, in violation of Ala.Code § 13-11-2(a)(5) (1975). A new trial pursuant to the decision of Beck v. State, 396 So.2d 645 (Ala.1981),…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Beck v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  3. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  5. Aaron v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People v. TennesonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  2. Henderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
  3. Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. Jennings v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
  5. Daniels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985

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