Legal Opinion
Adkins v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 18, 1991PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The appellant, Ricky Dale Adkins, was convicted of three counts of capital murder, as defined in § 13A-5-40(a)(1), §13A-5-40(a)(2) and § 13A-5-40(a)(3), Code of Alabama 1975, for the murder of Billie Dean Hamilton. He was sentenced to death.
The evidence tended to show that the appellant arrived in Birmingham, Alabama, on the morning of January 15, 1988, in a stolen Ford Bronco motor vehicle. After arriving in Birmingham, he ate breakfast and called his girlfriend…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Capano v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
- Travis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
- Ricky D. Adkins v. Warden, Holman CFCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
- Ex Parte AdkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
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