Legal Opinion
Prewitt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 17, 1984PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Rickey Allen Prewitt was convicted of "murder for hire" pursuant to § 13A-5-31 (a)(7), Code of Alabama 1975, for the brutal slaying of Mrs. Paul Leverett. In accordance with the jury's recommendation, the trial court sentenced Prewitt, the appellant herein, to life imprisonment without parole.
On the afternoon of May 30, 1980, Mrs. Leverett was murdered in her own home in Mobile, Alabama. The coroner testified that the victim died from a combination of gunshot and…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- People v. ShirleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
- People v. HughesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. TuttleUtah Supreme Court · 1989
- Leverett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
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- Hill v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
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