Ex Parte Carroll
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
A Jefferson County jury convicted Taurus Carroll of the capital murder of Betty Long. The murder was made capital because it occurred during the course of a robbery in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 10-2, recommended the imposition of a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, but the trial court overrode that recommendation and sentenced Carroll to death.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction, but remanded for a new sentencing, holding that the trial court had improperly considered Carroll's prior…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Harris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Ex Parte WomackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- United States v. William Timothy Chaney, A/K/A "James Kirk," A/K/A "James Baron,"Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Ex Parte HooksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
- Ex Parte TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Woodward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011
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