Legal Opinion
Thompson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 17, 2012No. CR-05-0073PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOINER, Judge.1
The appellant, Devin Darnell Thompson,2 was convicted of murdering Fayette Police Officers Arnold Strickland and James Crump and police dispatcher Leslie “Ace” Mealer during the course of a robbery, violations of §§ 13A-5-40(a)(2), 13A-5-40(a)(5), and 13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala.Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 10 to 2, recommended that Thompson be sentenced to death. The circuit court followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Thompson to death. This appeal followed.
The State’s evidence tended to show the following. At approximately 6:00 a.m. on the morning of June 3, 2003,…
2Cases cited470 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Demetrius Avery Jackson, Jr. v. State of Alabama.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2010
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