Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Whisenhant
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 15, 1989No. 88-10PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas Warren Whisenhant was first convicted and sentenced to death in 1977 for the rape and murder of Cheryl Lynn Payton, which occurred in Mobile County. The facts of the murder are set out in Whisenhant v. State, 370 So.2d 1080 (Ala.Cr.App. 1979), and the statement of facts in that opinion is adopted by this Court as if fully set out herein.
Whisenhant's first trial was conducted in Jefferson County, after a motion for change of venue was granted by the trial judge. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction because of improper argument by the prosecutor. In 1981, Whisenhant was…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by83 opinions
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