Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 9, 1984No. 1 Div. 491PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TYSON, Judge.

Thomas Milton Wilson was indicted for the capital murder of one Joe Lee Gilliland, in a two count indictment. Count one of the indictment alleges the appellant committed this murder while he was under the sentence of life imprisonment, in violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(6), Code of Alabama 1975. Count two alleges the appellant committed a murder and had been convicted of murder in the preceding 20 years, in violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(13), Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant “guilty as charged in the indictment.” Following a sentencing hearing, the jury unanimously…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Duncan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  4. Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
  2. Thomas Milton Wilson v. Charlie Jones, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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