Legal Opinion
Ex Parte State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 22, 1992No. 1901561PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
602 So.2d 452 (1992)
Ex parte State of Alabama.
(Re Rodney CONNOLLY
v.
STATE).
1901561.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
May 22, 1992.
James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., and Robert E. Lusk, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.
Elizabeth H. Shaw of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for respondent.
ALMON, Justice.
The trial court sentenced James Rodney Connolly to life imprisonment without parole. This sentence was mandatory because the State had invoked the Habitual Felony Offender Act ("HFOA"), Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-5-9, and had proved, to the trial court's satisfaction, that Connolly had been convicted of three prior…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Alabama v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Texas v. McCulloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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- Connolly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
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3Cited by47 opinions
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