Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Tyson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 17, 2000No. 1991309PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Anthony Tyson was convicted of capital murder for the deaths of Derek Cowan and Damien Thompson. Tyson was convicted of two counts under §13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975 — murder committed during the course of a robbery in the first degree — and of one count under §13A-5-40(a)(10) — the murder of two or more people during one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct. By a vote of 10-2, the jury recommended that Tyson be sentenced to death. The trial court followed the jury's recommendation and sentenced Tyson to death by electrocution. In a unanimous decision, the Court of Criminal…
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