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Wilson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided November 5, 2010No. CR-07-0684PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WINDOM, Judge.

David Phillip Wilson appeals his two capital-murder convictions and sentences of death. Wilson was convicted of one count of capital murder for taking the life of Dewey Walker during the course of a robbery, see § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975, and a second count of capital murder for taking the life of Dewey Walker during *746the course of a burglary, see § 13A-5-40(a)(4), Ala.Code 1975. By a vote of 10-2, the jury recommended that Wilson be sentenced to death. The circuit court accepted the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Wilson to death.

On appeal, Wilson asks this Court to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. People v. WheelerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2012
  2. Hosch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2013
  3. Wiggins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2014
  4. Lane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2013
  5. Demetrius Avery Jackson, Jr. v. State of Alabama.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2010

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