Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Dobyne
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 4, 1995No. 1931662PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Willie C. Dobyne was convicted of capital murder committed during the course of a robbery, and the trial judge sentenced him to death following the jury's recommendation of that sentence.
Linda Snipes and Leon Billingsley were both employees of the County Truck Stop outside Brent, Alabama. Early one morning in January 1991, Dobyne and his codefendant, Cleophus Dukes, went to the County Truck Stop. As they entered the truck stop, Dobyne shot Billingsley in the back…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania v. Ben Cooper, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Siebert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Ex Parte LogginsSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
- Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
- Ex Parte LandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
- Ex Parte DobyneSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
- Hamm v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002
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