Legal Opinion

Knight v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided July 7, 1995No. CR-93-1974Published

1Opinion of the Court

675 So.2d 487 (1995)

Darwin Gregory KNIGHT

v.

STATE.

CR-93-1974.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

July 7, 1995.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1995.

Arthur Clarke, Mobile, for Appellant.

Jeff Sessions, Atty. Gen., and David Bjurberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.

TAYLOR, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Darwin Gregory Knight, was convicted of two counts of murder made capital because the murder occurred during the course of robbing the victim of his automobile and attempting to rob him of the money in his wallet. See § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975. The jury unanimously recommended death. The…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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