Legal Opinion
James v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 26, 2010No. CR-04-0395PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Remand from the Alabama Supreme Court
KELLUM, Judge.1
The appellant, Joe Nathan James, Jr., an inmate on death row at Holman Correctional Facility, appeals the denial of his petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P.
In August 1996, James was convicted of murdering Faith Hall during the course of a burglary. He was sentenced to death. In June 1998, this Court reversed James’s conviction and sentence based on the erroneous admission of hearsay evidence during his trial. See James v. State, 723 So.2d 776 (Ala.Crim.App.1998). In June 1999, James was again…
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3Cited by29 opinions
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