Legal Opinion
Hodges v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 23, 2007No. CR-04-1226PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHAW, Judge.
Melvin Gene Hodges appeals the circuit court’s summary dismissal of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his capital-murder conviction and his sentence of death.
Hodges was initially indicted for two counts of capital murder for his involvement in the murder of Elizabeth Seaton; he was charged with murder during the course of a kidnapping, § 13A-5-40(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975, and murder during the *925course of a robbery, § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975. Hodges presented evidence concerning racial discrimination in the selection of…
2Cases cited84 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011
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