Legal Opinion
State v. Duncan
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 5, 2014No. CR-13-0879PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WELCH, Judge.
This is an appeal by the State of Alabama from an order of the circuit court granting postconviction relief to Trace Royal Duncan pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P. Duncan’s petition attacked his sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole following his November 2, 1995, convictions for the .capital offenses of intentional murder, during a kidnapping, see § 13A-5-40(a)(1), Ala,Code 1975, and intentional. murder during a robbery, see § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975. The offenses were committed when Duncan was 17 years old. On September 17,1999, this Court…
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- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Duncan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
- Duncan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
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