Legal Opinion
Miller v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided June 30, 1987PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The appellant, Jimmy Dean Miller, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 18 years in the state penitentiary, pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act. The appellant's case was consolidated for trial with the actions against three co-defendants.
Deputy Jim Taylor was shot in the chest when two men, Coy Patrick Crowe and Billy Don Hass, attempted to break Crowe's brother out of jail. Deputy Taylor died as a result of the gunshot wound. Both men were charged with capital murder; Hass testified for the State during Crowe's trial.
The testimony presented at trial was conflicting as to the…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Faircloth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- United States v. DrougasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Francis William Hewes, Ii, Gene M. Simpson, Millard Clifford Haley, Walter Langford, and Howard E. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Blankenship v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
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