Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided January 20, 1976PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

352 So.2d 460 (1976)

Johnny HARRIS, alias

v.

STATE.

1 Div. 623.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

January 20, 1976.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1976.

William H. Allison, Jr., Louisville, Ky., W. Clinton Brown, Jr., Mobile, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Eric A. Bowen, G. Daniel Evans, and James S. Ward, Asst. Attys. Gen., for the State.

Morris S. Dees, Jr., Joseph J. Levin, Jr., John L. Carroll, Pamela S. Horowitz, Montgomery, and Kenneth Cooper, Bay Minette, Ala., amicus curiae.

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death and the execution…

2Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Sumner v. ShumanSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. State v. KleypasSupreme Court of Kansas · 2001
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  4. Whisenhant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  5. Thigpen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979

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