Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 19, 1978No. 77-180PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

361 So.2d 666 (1978)

In re John Louis EVANS, III and Wayne Eugene Ritter

v.

STATE of Alabama.

Ex parte John Louis Evans, III and Wayne Eugene Ritter.

77-180.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 19, 1978.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1978.

Al Pennington, Mobile, Francis A. Poggi, Jr., Fairhope, for petitioners.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Jack M. Curtis, Asst. Atty. Gen. for the State.

2Per curiam

We granted certiorari in this death penalty case to determine whether or not the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals was correct in its interpretation and application of Alabama's Death Penalty Statute, Act No. 213, Section…

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3Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Cobern v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
  2. Jacobs v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  3. Schenher v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1956
  4. Fuller v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  5. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1957

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4Cited by40 opinions

  1. Hopper v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Ex Parte KyzerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  3. Cochran v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  4. Jacobs v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  5. Bufford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980

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