Legal Opinion

Smith v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 24, 1990PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

581 So.2d 497 (1990)

James Wyman SMITH

v.

STATE.

5 Div. 458.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

August 24, 1990.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1990.

J. Michael Williams, Sr. and Thomas E. Jones, Auburn, for appellant.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and P. David Bjurberg and William D. Little, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

TYSON, Judge.

James Wyman Smith was charged by indictment with capital murder committed during a kidnapping in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(1), Code of Alabama 1975. The petit jury, at the conclusion of the guilt phase of the trial, found the appellant "guilty as…

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2Cases cited209 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
  2. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
  3. Hyde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
  5. Ex Parte SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997

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