Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Edwards
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 10, 1983No. 82-119PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On August 14, 1979, Henry Booth, a Mobile police officer, was killed while attempting to arrest the petitioner, Ervin Edwards. Edwards was indicted by the Mobile County Grand Jury for the capital murder of a police officer and found guilty under Code 1975, § 13-11-2 (a)(5). The jury recommended the death penalty and the trial court sentenced Edwards to death.
On the day of the killing, Officer Booth was attempting to locate Edwards, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant of arrest for misdemeanor assault with a gun. Booth did not have the arrest warrant in his possession. At approximately…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rainey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Warren v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1949
- Coates v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1911
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Ex Parte EdwardsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- Henderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Jennings v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
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