Legal Opinion
Wedgeworth v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 18, 1992No. CR-91-0149PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The appellant, Zackery Wedgeworth, received a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for intentional murder, made capital because it was committed during a robbery in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975, and during a kidnapping in the first degree, in violation of §13A-5-40(a)(1), Code of Alabama 1975. The appellant raises several issues on appeal.
On the morning of November 10, 1989, officers of the Tuscaloosa Police…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ex Parte MatthewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
- United States v. William Randall Newbern, Robert Bryan SheppardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Bush v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
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3Cited by10 opinions
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