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State v. Bui

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 19, 2004No. 1030504PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quang Ngoc Bui is charged with capital murder in the Montgomery Circuit Court. The State of Alabama petitions for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Charles Price to set aside his order authorizing the use of State funds for defense counsel to travel to Vietnam to conduct an investigation of possible mitigating evidence. For the reasons discussed below, we grant the petition.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Quang Ngoc Bui was indicted in 1986 for capital murder; he was charged with killing his three minor children. The murders were made capital because "two or more persons [were] murdered by…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Ex Parte HortonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
  5. Ex Parte LandSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Wilson v. ThomasSupreme Court of Alabama · 2012
  2. Ex Parte StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 2007
  3. Whatley v. HigginbothamSupreme Court of Alabama · 2013
  4. Luong v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 2014
  5. Denson v. BronnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 2014

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