Legal Opinion
Cox v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 8, 1985PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence to life imprisonment without parole on a plea of guilty to an indictment that charged the capital offense of murder during the course of a robbery, in violation of § 13A-5-40 (a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975. The record reveals that the body of Naomi Keith was discovered in her home in East Gadsden, Alabama. She had been killed by multiple blows to the head by a blunt instrument, which fractured her skull. Subsequently the appellant, Anthony G. Cox, was interviewed by police officers investigating the murder. The deceased, Naomi Keith,…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Serfass v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lefkowitz v. NewsomeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Ex Parte ColeSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
- Cox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- Ex Parte HowardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
- Dutton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2001
- Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
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