Pace v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
We granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari in order to answer a question of criminal law we believe has been not fully resolved by the Court of Criminal Appeals. InPace v. State, 714 So.2d 320 (Ala.Cr.App. 1996), that court reversed Levi Pace's conviction for capital murder1 on the following grounds: (1) that black persons were discriminated against in the selection of grand jury forepersons in Morgan County and Pace's indictment should have been dismissed by the trial court;2 (2) that the trial court should have struck two prospective jurors for cause based on their answers to…
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Rose v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hobby v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
- Dobyne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
- Hodges v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2001
- Ex Parte DrinkardSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2012
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