Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Boyd
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 24, 1989No. 87-711PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is a death penalty case. On March 26, 1986, Fred and Evelyn Blackmon were robbed, kidnapped, and murdered. Petitioner William Glen Boyd was convicted of committing these crimes and was sentenced to death by electrocution. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed.Boyd v. State, 542 So.2d 1247 (Ala.Crim.App. 1988). A complete recitation of the facts of this case is set forth in that court's opinion; we set forth below only such facts as we deem necessary to resolve the issues before us.
On the morning of the crime, Boyd and Robert Milstead1 parked Boyd's Chevrolet Camaro automobile about a…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by50 opinions
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