Legal Opinion
Mason v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 6, 1998No. CR-94-2143PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The appellant, Derrick Oneal Mason, was convicted of the capital offense of murder committed during the course of a robbery in the first degree or an attempt thereof, a violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975. By a vote of 10 to 2, the jury recommended that the appellant be sentenced to death. The trial court followed the jury's recommendation and sentenced the appellant to death.
At the time of her death, 25-year-old Angela Cagle was working as a…
2Cases cited77 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Mason v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
- Melson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
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- Brooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
- Hardy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
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