Legal Opinion
Cosby v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided June 18, 1993No. CR-91-1045PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON RETURN TO REMAND
Henry Lewis Cosby, the appellant, was charged by indictment with violating § 13A-5-40(a)(3), Code of Alabama 1975, which makes capital a "[m]urder by a defendant who has been convicted of any other murder in the 20 years preceding the crime." At the conclusion of his trial, Cosby was found guilty. The jury recommended that he be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The trial court adopted this recommendation and sentenced Cosby. He appeals.
On August 21, 1992, this court remanded this cause with instructions that the trial court include in the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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