Legal Opinion
Floyd Coleman v. Charlie Jones, Warden and the Attorney General of the State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 1990No. 88-7496PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:
In 1983, Floyd Coleman was convicted and sentenced to life without parole for robbery-murder under § 13-ll-2(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975. 1 The district court denied his second federal petition for writ of habeas corpus, which alleged that an instruction on malice improperly shifted the burden of proof to him, and ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.
Under § 13-ll-2(a)(2), an accused may be indicted for the crime of robbery with the aggravating circumstance of an intentional killing. Known as a robbery-murder, the crime is one of several capital offenses as…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Coleman (Floyd) v. Jones (Charlie), Attorney General of State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990