Legal Opinion
Knight v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 27, 1994No. CR-92-1840PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING
This court's opinion of March 25, 1994, is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor.
The appellant, Isaiah Knight, was convicted of murder. §13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life in prison.
The state's evidence tended to show that on the night of March 27, 1992, the victim was stabbed to death with a knife while sitting in his car outside the Casanova Club in Dothan, Alabama. According to eyewitness testimony, the appellant and the victim had argued outside the club and the argument ended when the appellant forced his way into the…
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- Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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- Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TBSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Roy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1995
- Knight v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
- Graham v. City of MobileCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996