Legal Opinion

Amison v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided December 19, 2014No. CR-13-0707Published

1Opinion of the Court

WINDOM, Presiding Judge.

Andrew Amison appeals his convictions for two counts of felony murder, see § 13A-6-2(a)(3), Ala.Code 1975, and his resulting • sentences of 32 years in prison. Amison’s sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

On November 22, 2011, Amison and his accomplice, Broderick Brown, robbed and killed Sam Richardson in Richardson’s barbershop.1 Amison was indicted for two counts of capital murder for killing Sam Richardson during the course of a robbery and during the course of a burglahy. See § 13A-5-40(a)(2) and (a)(4), Ala.Code 1975. On both counts, the jury found Ami-son…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Missouri v. HunterSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Ball v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Rolling v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1995

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