Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Wright
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 18, 1986No. 85-339PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In 1979, Freddie Lee Wright was convicted under the 1975 Death Penalty Act, Alabama Code 1975, for the capital robbery of Warren Green [§ 13-11-2 (a)(2) — robbery when the victim is intentionally killed] and for the capital murder of Warren and Lois Green [§ 13-11-2 (a)(10) — first degree murder wherein two or more persons are intentionally killed].1 The sentence was death by electrocution. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and overruled the application for rehearing. We granted certiorari as a matter of right. Rule 39 (c), A.R.App.P.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hopper v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Beck v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Wright v. HopperCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Coral v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
- Hallford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Ingram v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
- Arthur v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
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