Legal Opinion
Billups v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided November 13, 2009No. CR-05-1767PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISE, Presiding Judge.
The appellant, Kenneth Eugene Billups, was convicted of capital murder for the killing of Stevon Lockett. The murder was made capital because he committed it during the course of a first-degree robbery. See § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975.
After a sentencing hearing, by a vote of 7-5, the jury recommended that Billups be sentenced to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole. The trial court overrode the jury’s recommendation and sentenced him to death. Billups filed a motion for a new trial, which the trial court denied. This appeal followed.
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2Cases cited189 opinions
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- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by13 opinions
- McCray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2010
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- Lane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2013
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