Legal Opinion
State v. Woodard
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 14, 1993No. CR 92-1868PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
BOWEN, Presiding Judge.
This is a petition for writ of mandamus challenging the constitutionality of the capital offense defined in Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-5-40(a)(15), which we term “child murder.”
The petitioner, 37-year-old Susan Amelia Woodard was indicted for the capital murder of 15-month-old Elizabeth B. Dowe Franklin. The events that form the basis of the State’s case occurred on December 29, 1992, and January 6, 1993. On these two dates, the infant was under the care of petitioner, a licensed day-care person, who allegedly shook the infant and allegedly caused…
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