Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Powell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 12, 2001No. 1990546PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eddie Duval Powell III was convicted of capital murder and was sentenced to death. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction and his sentence. Powell v. State, 796 So.2d 404 (Ala.Crim.App. 1999). We granted certiorari review. We affirm.
Powell was indicted by a Tuscaloosa County grand jury on four counts of capital murder related to the shooting death of 70-year-old Mattie Wesson. Count I charged Powell with murder made capital because it was committed during the course of a burglary in the first or second degree or during an attempt thereof, a violation of Ala. Code 1975,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ex Parte FrithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
- Haney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- Ex Parte HaneySupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
- Ex Parte MyersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Powell v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
- Ex Parte HodgesSupreme Court of Alabama · 2003
- Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003
- Washington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
- Powell v. AllenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
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