Legal Opinion
Larry Dunaway v. State of Alabama.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 18, 2009No. CR-06-0996PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLUM, Judge.1
The appellant, Larry Dunaway, currently an inmate on Alabama’s death row in Holman Correctional Facility, appeals the circuit court’s denial of his petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P.
In October 1997, Dunaway was convicted of capital murder for murdering Tressa Patterson during the course of an arson and for murdering James Anthony Patterson, a 22-month-old child, during the course of an arson. See § 13A-5-40(a)(9), Ala.Code 1975. The jury recommended that Dunaway be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for…
2Cases cited113 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Reeves v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2016
- Syed v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2018
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