Legal Opinion
O'SHIELDS v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 27, 1996No. CR-94-2327PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The appellant, Michael O'Shields, appeals his conviction for murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life in the penitentiary.
The state's evidence tended to show that in March 1990 the appellant murdered his ex-wife, Ruby Oliver. Betty Hemphill testified that she had attended Riley College with Ruby in 1990. She stated that one Wednesday in March 1990 the appellant picked Ruby up at school around noon and that she did not see the victim after that day.
Michael Alston Nichols, a friend of the appellant's, testified that one afternoon in March 1990 he went to…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Oregon v. BradshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Smith v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hyde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
- Nettles v. State.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
- Burgess v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
- Cothren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
- Ex Parte KnottsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
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