Legal Opinion
Fortenberry v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 22, 1988PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On August 25, 1984, four people were killed at the Guest Service Station near Attalla, Alabama. They were Ronald Michael Guest, the son of the station owner; Wilbur T. Nelson, an employee at the station; and Robert William Payne and his wife Nancy, customers present when the robbery occurred. Tommy J. Fortenberry was charged in a two-count indictment with the capital offense of murder wherein two or more persons are murdered, Alabama Code 1975, § 13A-5-40(a)(10), and robbery-murder, § 13A-5-40(a)(2). A jury found him "guilty as charged." After a sentencing hearing, that same jury unanimously…
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3Cited by71 opinions
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