Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Perkins
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 29, 2005No. CR-04-1713PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The petitioner, Roy Edward Perkins, filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing Judge William Scott Donaldson to grant his request for discovery relating to Perkins's postconviction petition attacking his capital-murder conviction and sentence of death.
In 1994 Perkins was convicted of murdering Cathy Gilliam during the course of a kidnapping — an offense defined as capital by §13A-5-40(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 10 to 2, recommended…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Skipper v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. MarshallSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1997
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Hodges v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2007
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