Legal Opinion

Cockrell v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 7, 2004No. 1021997Published

1Opinion of the Court

890 So.2d 174 (2004)

Ex parte State of Alabama

(In re Christopher COCKRELL

v.

STATE of Alabama).

1021997.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 7, 2004.

William H. Pryor, Jr., atty. gen., and Elizabeth Ray Butler, asst. atty. gen., for petitioner.

Craig Izard, Birmingham, for respondent.

LYONS, Justice.

The State appeals from the reversal by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Christopher Cockrell's conviction for attempted murder. We affirm.

The following statement of the facts was taken from the opinion by the Court of Criminal Appeals:

"On October 1, 2001, following a previous disagreement over the theft of some…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited54 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Staples v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Castillo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. People v. BlandCalifornia Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Ford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1993

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