Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Tarver

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 29, 1989No. 88-1044PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

At his first trial, Bobby Tarver was convicted of capital murder and was sentenced to death. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded for a new trial. Tarver v. State,492 So.2d 328 (Ala.Cr.App. 1986). At the second trial, he was again convicted of capital murder. The jury recommended a sentence of life without parole, but the trial court, after a separate sentencing hearing, ordered a sentence of death. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence.553 So.2d 631. We affirm that court's judgement.

We adopt in toto the facts of the case as found at Tarver,supra.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Tarver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  2. Tarver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Clemons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
  2. McWilliams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  3. Ex Parte JacksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
  4. Duncan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
  5. Whitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998

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