Legal Opinion
Powell v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 8, 2010No. 08-16784PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Per curiam
Eddie Powell was convicted of capital murder on June 16, 1998. In accordance with the 11-1 jury recommendation, on August 27, 1998, the trial judge sentenced him to death. 1 Powell appealed his conviction and sentence to Alabama’s criminal appellate court and, when both were affirmed, Powell v. State, 796 So.2d 404 (Ala. Crim.App.1999), to the Alabama Supreme Court, which also affirmed, Ex parte Powell, 796 So.2d 434 (Ala.2001). Powell then filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States, which denied the writ. Powell v. Alabama, 534 U.S. 904, 122 S.Ct.…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by58 opinions
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