Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Ward
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 1, 2007No. 1051818PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Facts and Procedural History
John Michael Ward was convicted of murder made capital because the victim was under the age of 14. See § 13A-5-40 (a)(15), Ala.Code 1975. The victim was Ward’s four-month-old child. Ward was sentenced to death. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Ward’s conviction and sentence. Ward v. State, 814 So.2d 899 (Ala.Crim.App.2000), cert. denied, 814 So.2d 925 (Ala.2001), and cert. denied, 535 U.S. 907, 122 S.Ct. 1208, 152 L.Ed.2d 145 (2002).
Ward challenges his conviction and sentence in this appeal from the dismissal of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P.,…
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