Whisenhant v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
370 So.2d 1080 (1979)
Thomas Warren WHISENHANT
v.
STATE.
6 Div. 634.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
February 20, 1979.
Rehearing Denied March 27, 1979.
Morris S. Dees, John L. Carroll, Dennis N. Balske, Montgomery, for appellant.
William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and James F. Hampton and J. Anthony McLain, Asst. Attys. Gen., for the State.
HARRIS, Presiding Judge.
This is a death penalty case. Appellant was indicted on May 7, 1977, by the Grand Jury of Mobile County for the rape and intentional killing of Cheryl Lynn Payton. The indictment was in three counts, but, at the conclusion of the trial,…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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