Legal Opinion

Fisher v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 1, 1991No. 1 Div. 948PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLAN, Judge.

Manson Fisher, Jr., was convicted of capital murder, for the murder of three persons by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct. See § 13A-5-40(a)(10), Code of Alabama 1975. Following a sentencing hearing, the jury returned an advisory sentence of life without parole, and the trial court imposed that sentence.

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Fisher argues that he was denied equal protection of the law, due process of law, a fair trial, and “various other state and federal constitutional statutory rights” by the prosecutor’s alleged systematic and purposeful exclusion of women from the jury.…

2Cases cited82 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
  2. Hyde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
  3. Burton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
  5. Sockwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993

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