Legal Opinion
Harrell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided June 12, 1984PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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On October 1, 1981, Ed Harrell, Jr. shot and killed Bessemer Police Officer Tommy Lee Thedford. He was indicted for the capital offense involving the murder of a police officer defined in Alabama Code § 13A-5-40 (a)(5) (1975). A jury found Harrell "guilty of the capital offense as charged in the indictment", and later recommended, by a vote of eleven to one, "that the penalty be life without parole." The trial judge refused to accept the jury's recommendation and…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Collins v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ex Parte HarrellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
- Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
- Hallford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
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