Legal Opinion
Wright v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 22, 1985PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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In 1979, Freddie Lee Wright was indicted and convicted for the capital robbery of Warren Green and for the capital murder of both Warren and Lois Green under Alabama's 1975 Death Penalty Law. Alabama Code 1975, § 13-11-2 (a)(2) and § 13-11-2 (a)(10). Sentence was death by electrocution.
In 1981, this Court, 407 So.2d 565 (Ala. 1981), reversed that conviction on appeal and remanded on authority of Beck v.Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S.Ct. 2382, 65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980),…
2Cases cited114 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Wright v. HopperCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Coral v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
- Hallford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Ingram v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
- Arthur v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
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