Legal Opinion
VanPelt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 18, 2009No. CR-06-1539PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINDOM, Judge. 1
Kim Vanpelt 2 appeals his capital-murder conviction and sentence of death. Vanpelt was convicted of capital murder pursuant to § 13A-5-40-(a)(7), Ala.Code 1975, for murdering his wife, Sandra Marie Ozment Vanpelt, for pecuniary gain. By a vote of 10 to 2, the jury recommended that Vanpelt be sentenced to death. The circuit court followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Vanpelt to death.
The State’s evidence tended to show that on November 24, 2004, Jerry Evans discovered the nude body of Sandra Van-pelt on the side of County Road 53 near Hamilton. The medical examiner,…
2Cases cited226 opinions
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- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Woodward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011
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