Legal Opinion
Hodges v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 26, 2001No. CR-98-1988PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
856 So.2d 875 (2001)
Melvin Gene HODGES
v.
STATE.
CR-98-1988.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
March 30, 2001.
Opinion on Return to Remand October 26, 2001.
Rehearing Denied December 14, 2001.
Floyd L. Likins, Jr., Opelika, for appellant.
William H. Pryor, Jr., atty. gen., and James R. Houts and A. Vernon Barnett IV, asst. attys. gen., for appellee.
COBB, Judge.
Melvin Gene Hodges was convicted of murdering Beth Seaton during the course of a robbery, a violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 8 to 4, recommended that Hodges be sentenced to life imprisonment without the…
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3Cited by48 opinions
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