Jacobs v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
361 So.2d 640 (1978)
In re Jerry Wayne JACOBS
v.
STATE of Alabama.
Ex parte Jerry Wayne Jacobs.
SC 2808.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
May 19, 1978.
Rehearing Denied August 11, 1978.
John L. Carroll and Morris S. Dees, Jr. Montgomery, for petitioner.
William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and James S. Ward, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
2Per curiam
This case concerns the constitutionality of Act 213, 1975 Ala. Acts, p. 701, et seq.,[1] which provides penalties for certain aggravated homicides. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction of murder in the first degree, including the sentence of death, and held the…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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