Legal Opinion

Blanton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 29, 2003No. CR-00-1665Published

1Opinion of the Court

886 So.2d 850 (2003)

Thomas Edwin BLANTON, Jr.

v.

STATE of Alabama.

CR-00-1665.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

August 29, 2003.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 2003.

John Charles Robbins, Birmingham, for appellant.

William H. Pryor, Jr., atty. gen., and Joseph G.L. Marston III, asst. atty. gen., for appellee.

BASCHAB, Judge.

In 2001, the appellant, Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder, a violation of Title 14, § 314, Ala.Code 1940 (Recomp.1958), and his punishment was fixed at imprisonment for life on each conviction. The appellant filed a motion for a new…

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2Cases cited101 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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