Legal Opinion
Melson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 26, 1999No. CR-95-1681PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
775 So.2d 857 (1999)
Robert Bryant MELSON
v.
STATE.
CR-95-1681.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
March 26, 1999.
Rehearing Denied May 28, 1999.
Lajuana Sharonne Davis, Montgomery, for appellant.
Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and Paul H. Blackwell, Jr., asst. atty. gen., for appellee.
LONG, Presiding Judge.
The appellant, Robert Bryant Melson, was convicted of three counts of murder made capital because the killings were committed during the course of a robbery in the first degree, see § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975; one count of murder made capital because it involved the murder of two or more persons…
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3Cited by75 opinions
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