Legal Opinion
Arthur v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided April 25, 2001No. CR-00-1393PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The appellant, Thomas Douglas Arthur, was convicted of murdering Troy Wicker, an offense defined as capital because Arthur had previously been convicted of a previous murder in the 20 years prior to murdering Wicker.1 See § 13A-5-40(a)(13), Ala. Code 1975. Arthur was convicted of this offense and sentenced to death; this conviction and sentence were reversed by the Alabama Supreme Court on April 5, 1985, because of the improper admission of evidence of the prior murder he had committed. Ex parte Arthur, 472 So.2d 665 (Ala. 1985). He was again tried, convicted, and sentenced to death, but the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Felker v. TurpinSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- United States v. MacCollomSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Sandvik v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Donald Dwayne Whatley v. State of Alabama.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2010
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