Legal Opinion
Ex Parte State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 6, 2000No. CR-99-2212PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The State filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing Judge William Shashy, of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, to rescind discovery orders issued to Holman Prison, the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, and the Tallapoosa County District Attorney's Office.1 Hooks was convicted of capital murder and was sentenced to death by electrocution. We affirmed his conviction and sentence. Hooks v. State,534 So.2d 329 (Ala.Crim.App. 1987), aff'd, 534 So.2d 371 (Ala. 1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 1050 (1989). In 1989, Hooks filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 20,…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Sawyer v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Hamm v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002
- Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
- Coral v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
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- Adkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
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