Legal Opinion
Brownlee v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided June 28, 1988PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Virgil Lee Brownlee was convicted of murdering Lathen Aaron Dodd during a robbery and, pursuant to § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Codeof Alabama 1975, was sentenced to death by electrocution. Seven issues are raised on appeal.
The evidence presented by the State tended to establish that somewhere between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. on May 19, 1986, two gun-wielding men, depicted in the evidence as Virgil Lee "Bobby" Brownlee and Robert Harris, charged into Jodie's Lounge on Highway 31 in North Birmingham shouting obscenities, shooting their pistols, and ordering the bar's patrons (14 to 18 in number) to lie on the…
2Cases cited79 opinions
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- McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
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