Legal Opinion
Gwin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 23, 1982PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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On the 30th of May, 1980, the bullet-ridden bodies of Ralph Little and Donald Ray Faulkner, Jr. were discovered near the Little River Bridge on Highway 35 close to the Cherokee-DeKalb County line. The defendant was indicted and convicted for Little's murder. Alabama Code 1975, Section 13A-6-2 (Amended 1977). Sentence was life imprisonment.
The defendant has raised sixteen separate reasons why his conviction should be reversed. Many of these major arguments contain…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Dennison v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1921
- Larry K. Barnard v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by86 opinions
- Ex Parte GraysonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Magwood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
- Ex Parte RutledgeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
- Siebert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
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