Legal Opinion
Windsor v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 18, 1994No. 1930048PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Harvey Lee Windsor was convicted of capital murder under § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975, and was sentenced to death by electrocution. Windsor appealed the conviction and sentence to the Court of Criminal Appeals. That court reversed the conviction and remanded for a new trial, holding that the prosecutor had improperly referred to Windsor's failure to testify at trial and holding that the circuit clerk's practice of excusing potential jurors to whom jury…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Ex Parte WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Ex Parte BrooksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
- Ex Parte WindsorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
- Simmons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
- Ex Parte ClarkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- Loggins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
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