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Sharpe v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided November 17, 1989PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Reginald Sharpe was convicted for the attempted murders of Prichard police officers Barry Dinkins, Sr., and Kenneth D. Hempfling. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of life imprisonment in each case. He raises two issues on this appeal from those convictions.

On January 24, 1989, Officers Dinkins and Hempfling went to the residence located at 207 Ada Avenue in Mobile to execute a search warrant for narcotics. The residence was owned by "convicted dope dealer" Wayne Crenshaw, aka "Majic." Officer Dinkins's informant had recently made a "buy" at the residence.

Dinkins repeatedly knocked on the…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Alabama Farm Bureau Mut. v. City of HartselleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  2. Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
  3. Seibold v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  4. Fiorella v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1960
  5. McGhee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  2. Yeomans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
  3. Hayes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  4. Davis v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999

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