Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Lucas
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 17, 2000No. 1990112PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Application for Rehearing
This Court's opinion of July 28, 2000, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.
Leigh Ann Lucas was indicted for two counts of capital murder, violations of § 13A-5-40(15), Ala. Code 1975. Count I charged Lucas with intentionally causing the death of her two-and-one-half-year-old son "by inflicting multiple blunt force injuries and/or causing directly orindirectly the death of the child." Count II charged Lucas as follows:
"Leigh Ann Lucas, did, intentionally cause the death of Brandon Austin Lee Steele, a child less than 14 years of age…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ex Parte University of South AlabamaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Albright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- Howard v. MitchellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- Sasser v. ConnerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
- Ex Parte BaileySupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
- State v. ThorntonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2011
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