Legal Opinion

Chatom v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 31, 1976PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

348 So.2d 828 (1976)

Jerre CHATOM

v.

STATE.

1 Div. 688.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

August 31, 1976.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1976.

Joseph O. Kulakowski, Thomas J. Stein, Mobile, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Ellis D. Hanan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

2Per curiam 1

First degree murder; sentence: life imprisonment.

On November 17, 1975, three deputy sheriffs were shot down from ambush in a rural Mobile County near Wilmer. Two of the deputies died as a result of the shootings. The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for the murders of the two deputies, Officers Beck and…

Also in this document: Dissent; Per curiam 2.

3Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Stokley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  2. Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  3. State v. HowellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
  4. Patton v. City of DecaturSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  5. Harnage v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972

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4Cited by11 opinions

  1. Chatom v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  2. Stewart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  3. Jere Chatom v. J.D. White, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  4. Chatom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  5. Johnson v. NagleDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1999

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