Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Clisby
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 13, 1984No. 83-382PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Willie Clisby, Jr., was indicted and convicted in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, for the capital offense of nighttime burglary during the course of which the victim is intentionally killed. Section 13-11-2 (a)(4), Ala. Code 1975 (repealed 1981, Act No. 81-178, § 20, effective as to conduct occurring on or after July 1, 1981). On February 27, 1981, Clisby was sentenced to death.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence. Clisby v. State, 456 So.2d 86 (Ala.Crim.App. 1982). After granting certiorari, this Court on February 11, 1983, remanded the case to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Beck v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
- Charles William Proffitt v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Ford v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Ex Parte CochranSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
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