Morrison v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief.
In 1978, Jesse Lee Morrison was convicted and sentenced to death for the intentional killing and robbery of Marguerite McClenny in Eufaula, Alabama. This conviction was ultimately reversed on appeal. Ex parte Morrison, 398 So.2d 751 (Ala. 1981).
On remand, Morrison was again convicted and sentenced to death. That conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal.Morrison v. State, 500 So.2d 36 (Ala.Cr.App. 1985), affirmed,Ex parte Morrison, 500 So.2d 57 (Ala. 1986), cert. denied,481 U.S. 1007, 107 S.Ct. 1634, 95 L.Ed.2d…
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