Legal Opinion

DeBruce v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 5, 1993No. CR 91-881Published

1Opinion of the Court

651 So.2d 599 (1993)

Derrick Anthony DeBRUCE

v.

STATE.

CR 91-881.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

March 5, 1993.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1993.

Erskine R. Mathis, Birmingham, for appellant.

James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., and Melissa Math and Beth Poe, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

On August 16, 1991, six men[1] participated in a robbery at the Auto Zone store in Talladega, Alabama. During the course of that robbery Doug Battle was shot and killed. Derrick Anthony DeBruce, the appellant, was indicted and convicted for the capital offense of murder during a robbery, as defined…

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2Cases cited123 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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