Legal Opinion

Taylor v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 27, 2004No. CR-02-0706PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BASCHAB, Judge.

On April 14, 1993, the appellant, Michael Shannon Taylor, was convicted of three counts of capital murder for the killings of Ivan Moore and Lucille Moore. Two of the counts were made capital because he committed the murders during the course of a robbery, see § 13A-5^tO(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975, and the third was made capital because he murdered two or more people pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, see § 13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala.Code 1975. On April 14, 1993, the jury unanimously recommended that he be sentenced to death. On May 5, 1993, the trial court accepted the jury’s…

2Cases cited77 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  5. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ex Parte TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 2005
  2. Shonelle Andre Jackson v. State of Alabama.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2009
  3. Michael Shannon Taylor v. Grantt CulliverCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
  4. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2006
  5. Ex Parte TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 2005

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