Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Thomas
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 11, 1993No. 1911445PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nathan Dwayne Thomas petitioned this Court to grant a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Criminal Appeals' affirmance of his conviction of murder in the Montgomery County Circuit Court. After deciding that the issue possessed probable merit, we granted the writ.
The State charged Thomas with murder for his alleged participation in a "drive-by" shooting; the shooting was carried out from a car that contained four young males. The issue for our review — which is one of first impression in this state — is whether the trial court should have granted Thomas's motion for a mistrial after the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Stringer v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Stephens v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Ex Parte JeffersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- People v. PerezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981
- Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
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