Legal Opinion

Ex Parte State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 7, 2005No. 1031845PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

907 So.2d 461 (2005)

Ex parte State of Alabama.

(In re Donald Ray WHEAT).

v.

STATE of Alabama.

No. 1031845.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 7, 2005.

Troy King, atty. gen., and J. Clayton Crenshaw and Jeremy W. McIntire, asst. attys. gen., for petitioner.

Valerie L. Goudie, Anniston, for respondent.

2Per curiam

Donald Ray Wheat was convicted of five counts of capital murder and was sentenced to death, based upon a plea of guilty. A notice of appeal was filed with the Court of Criminal Appeals on June 12, 2003.

On May 6, 2004, while his appeal was pending, Wheat died. After the trial court advised the Court of…

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3Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. SalazarNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1997
  2. People v. RobinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. LancasterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
  4. People v. PetersMichigan Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State v. MakailaHawaii Supreme Court · 1995

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4Cited by20 opinions

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  5. State v. KorsenIdaho Supreme Court · 2005

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