Legal Opinion · Dissent

Ex parte Willie Conner.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 26, 2014No. 1130650Published

1DissentMoore, Chief Justice

By an unpublished memorandum, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Willie Conner’s conviction for first-degree robbery and his sentence of life imprisonment as a habitual felony offender. Conner v. State (No. CR-12-2005, Jan. 31, 2014), — *559So.3d - (Ala.Crim.App.2014) (table). Because the undisputed facts demonstrate that Conner was not armed with a gun at the time of the theft, he could not be guilty of first-degree robbery. Therefore, I respectfully dissent from the decision to deny his petition for a writ of certiorari.

The relevant facts are as follows. On July 5, 2012, a cashier at a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Holt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2006
  3. James v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  4. Cline v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
  5. Ex Parte CurrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1984

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