Legal Opinion
Goodwin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 21, 1994No. CR-91-1365PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The appellant, Robert Frank Goodwin, was indicted for robbery in the first degree. Section 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975. A jury convicted Goodwin of first degree robbery as charged in the indictment, and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Goodwin was tried with his codefendant, Hilton Douglas Jenkins, Sr. The record shows that on July 15, 1991, Steve Ulmer and Ken Shook went to Turkey Creek in Jefferson County to go swimming. Ulmer testified that they had taken along lunch, a 12-pack of beer, and a portable radio with a dual cassette tape deck and CD player. Goodwin and his codefendant,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Augustin Alvarez, Oscar Hernandez, Mario C. Simon, Rolando Rios, Ramon Raymond, Eduardo Portal, Victoriano Concepcion, A/K/A "Macho"Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Ex Parte FrithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
- United States v. James C. GordonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Dempsey Buford Merida, David Lee Merida, William Benjamin King, Tim Walker and Billy Ray LilleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
- Baker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
- Goodwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
- Daniels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
- R.K.D. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
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