Legal Opinion
Drinkard v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 18, 1998No. CR-95-0055PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
777 So.2d 225 (1998)
Gary DRINKARD
v.
STATE.
CR-95-0055.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
December 18, 1998.
Rehearing Denied January 15, 1999.
Britt Cauthen, Decatur; Kimberly J. Dobbs-Ramey, Decatur; and Randall Scott Susskind, Montgomery, for appellant.
Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and Michael B. Billingsley, asst. atty. gen., for appellee.
BROWN, Judge.
The appellant, Gary Drinkard, was convicted of the offense of murder made capital because it was committed during a robbery in the first degree, see § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975. He waived his right to a sentencing hearing before the jury…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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