Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Cobb

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 25, 1996No. 1941500PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

703 So.2d 871 (1996)

Ex parte Donald Lee COBB.

(Re Donald Lee Cobb

v.

State).

1941500.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 2, 1996.

Order Overruling Rehearing October 25, 1996.

Brian Dowling, Dothan, for petitioner.

Jeff Sessions and Bill Pryor, attys. gen., and J. Thomas Leverette, asst. atty. gen., for respondent.

ALMON, Justice.

This Court issued the writ of certiorari to determine whether a person's fists can be "deadly weapons" or "dangerous instruments" under the definitions of these terms in § 13A-1-2(11) and (12), Ala.Code 1975. Donald Lee Cobb was convicted of assault with a dangerous instrument…

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Tuscaloosa County Com'n v. Deputy SheriffsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  2. Ex Parte EdwardsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  3. Ex Parte RobertsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
  4. Stewart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  5. Kahalley v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  2. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
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  5. Mobile Press Register, Inc. v. LackeySupreme Court of Alabama · 2006

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