Legal Opinion

Morrison v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 26, 1989PublishedCited by 73 opinions

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…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. Boyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003
  2. Hallford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
  3. Sockwell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
  4. Hamm v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002
  5. State v. TarverCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993

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