Legal Opinion

Floyd v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 28, 2007No. CR-05-0935PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WISE, Judge.

The appellant, Christopher Anthony Floyd, was convicted of capital murder for intentionally murdering Waylon Crawford during the course of a robbery. See § 13A-5-40(a)(4), Ala. Code 1975. The jury recommended 'by a vote of 11 to 1 that Floyd be sentenced to' death. The trial court accepted the'jury’s recommendation and sentenced Floyd to death. This appeal followed.

Floyd raises a number of issues for this Court’s review. However, our initial review of the record reveals that we must remand this case for additional action by the circuit court so that we may adequately address the…

2Cases cited117 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Miller-El v. CockrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Floyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2012
  2. Floyd v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 2012
  3. Henderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2017
  4. Townes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2015
  5. Ex parte FloydSupreme Court of Alabama · 2016

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