Legal Opinion
Hillard v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 28, 2010No. CR-09-0282PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINDOM, Judge.
Devane Latril Hillard appeals his conviction for first-degree robbery, á violation of § 13A-8^1, Ala.Code 1975, and his resulting sentence of 30 years in prison.
The evidence presented at trial tended to establish the following facts. On July 21, 2008, Marzine McMillian telephoned Danny “Big D” Shackelford to arrange the purchase of crack cocaine. Shackelford agreed to sell McMillian some crack, and the two planned to meet in a parking lot across from a nightclub known as Frank’s to execute the drug transaction.
According to McMillian, while he was waiting on Shackelford near…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lee v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Fiswick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ex Parte LogginsSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2012
- Devane L. Hillard v. Alabama Department of Corrections.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011
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