Legal Opinion
Baker v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 21, 1989PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In 1983, the Juvenile Court of Pike County ordered 17-year-old Albert Baker, Jr., transferred to the circuit court for criminal prosecution as an adult. Baker v. State,450 So.2d 470 (Ala.Cr.App. 1984).
In 1985, Baker was convicted for the capital murder of Mattie Pearl Dansby and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. That conviction was reversed because of the State's use of an illegally obtained confession. Baker v.State, 487 So.2d 264 (Ala.Cr.App. 1986). The defendant was retried in 1987 and was again convicted and sentenced to life without parole. He raises four…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Oregon v. ElstadSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ex Parte BranchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Price v. State.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
- Weaver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1995
- Ex Parte WalkerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Woods v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
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