Legal Opinion
Kuenzel v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 10, 2015No. CR-13-0899PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLUM, Judge.
William Ernest Kuenzel appeals the circuit court’s summary dismissal of his second petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P.
In 1988, Kuenzel was convicted of murder made capital because it was committed during the course of a robbery, see § 13A-5—40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975. The jury unanimously recommended that Kuenzel be sentenced to death, and the trial court followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Kuenzel to death for his capital-murder conviction. This Court affirmed Kuenzel’s conviction and death sentence on appeal, Kuenzel v.…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lawrence v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Percy Stanley Harris v. Ronald Hutchinson, Warden, Maryland House of Corrections J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of the State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Ex Parte KuenzelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
- Ex Parte BoatwrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
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3Cited by3 opinions
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