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Wilson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided July 29, 1994No. CR-93-724PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The appellant, Andrew Lewis Wilson,1 was convicted of attempted murder. See § 13A-6-2 and § 13A-4-2, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 99 years in prison.

The state's evidence tended to show that on July 20, 1992, Jeffrey Lamar Jones was shot twice in front of the house of his cousin, Elizabeth Watts, in Opelika, Alabama. He sustained injuries to his liver, stomach, spleen, pancreas, and colon. He underwent emergency surgery for the injuries and was released from the hospital six weeks after the shooting.

Jeffrey Jones testified that on the night he was shot he was sitting on a car in…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Tibbs v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TBSupreme Court of the United States · 1994

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Whitehead v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
  2. Drinkard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
  3. Hagood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
  4. Elston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
  5. Maddox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997

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