Legal Opinion
Ferguson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided April 4, 2008No. CR-06-0327PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellant, Thomas Dale Ferguson, currently an inmate on death row at Holman Penitentiary, appeals the circuit court’s summary denial of his petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P.
In June 1998, Ferguson was convicted of four counts of capital murder for murdering Harold Pugh and his 11-year-old son, Joey Pugh. The jury recommended, by a vote of 11 to 1, that Ferguson be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The circuit court chose not to follow the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Ferguson to death. His convictions and…
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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