Legal Opinion

Dossey v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided February 12, 1986PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

On January 1, 1984, Mary Dossey was shot while deer hunting with her husband. She died at the hospital that same day. Her husband, Roy Loid Dossey, was indicted and convicted for her murder. He was sentenced to ninety-nine years' imprisonment and ordered to pay $1,000 to the Criminal Victims' Compensation Fund.

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Six photographs of the area in the woods where the defendant found his wounded wife were properly admitted into evidence. Alabama Department of Public Safety Investigator C.W. Gibson testified that he took these photographs at the direction of Deputy Sheriff Rickie Walker. Gibson…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Cumbo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. Dolvin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  3. Nichols v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
  4. Spicer v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  5. McDowell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Ex Parte JacksonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  2. Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
  3. Kelley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
  4. Blount v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
  5. Weaver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1995

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