Legal Opinion
MacEwan v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 28, 1997No. CR-95-1093PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Angela Moore MacEwan was convicted of capital murder, specifically the murder of a child under the age of 14, in violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(15), Ala. Code 1975, in connection with the death of her two and one-half year old daughter, Sydney Isabel Moore. MacEwan was sentenced to life in the penitentiary without the possibility of parole. The evidence presented at trial was largely undisputed and presented the following relevant facts.
MacEwan gave birth to Sydney on April 7, 1992, after becoming estranged from the child's father. Immediately following her birth, Sydney began to experience…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Chavers v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- Carzell Moore v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Lewis BlackCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by31 opinions
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