Legal Opinion
Eaton v. Capps
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided September 22, 1972No. Civ. A. 2776-NPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
VARNER, District Judge.
Petitioner Eaton was convicted in the Circuit Court of Sumter County of first degree murder and sentenced to death in accordance with the verdict of the jury. His first conviction was reversed by the Supreme Court of Alabama, Eaton v. State, 278 Ala. 224, 177 So.2d 444 (1965). At his second trial Petitioner was again found guilty and sentenced to death in accordance with the jury’s verdict. This second conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Alabama, Eaton v. State, 280 Ala. 659, 197 So.2d 761 (1967). Petitioner subsequently petitioned the Circuit Court of…
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- A. D. Granville v. W. B. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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