Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Tomlin

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 2, 1988No. 85-1110PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

540 So.2d 668 (1988)

Ex parte Phillip Wayne TOMLIN.

(Re Phillip Wayne Tomlin v. State).

85-1110.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 23, 1988.

As Corrected on Denial of Third Application for Rehearing December 2, 1988.

Richard G. Alexander of Alexander & Knizley and Winn S.L. Faulk, Mobile, for petitioner.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Joseph G.L. Marston III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

ON SECOND APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

2Per curiam 1

The petitioner was convicted of murder and was sentenced to death. He complains that improprieties occurred during the trial. During the closing arguments, the prosecutor made…

Also in this document: Dissent; Per curiam 2; Concurrence.

3Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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4Cited by35 opinions

  1. Sockwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
  3. Arthur v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
  4. Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
  5. Ex Parte BryantSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002

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