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5 Dec 2007, 11:13 pm
That peril is magnified by the Byzantine rules governing the direct appeal and post-conviction appeal process that follows a conviction.When Thomas Arthur protested his innocence and went to trial in 1991 for the 1982 murder of a man in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, he did so with a court-appointed lawyer paid the $1,000 mandated by Alabama law. [read post]
20 Feb 2024, 6:07 pm
The matter was appealed, and the trial court order was affirmed. [read post]
20 Aug 2013, 4:03 am
Supreme Court ruled in Brady v. [read post]
15 Jul 2014, 2:20 pm
Judge Denies Convicted Murderer's Appeal: An Alabama man convicted of murdering his one-time friend and sentenced to life in prison will remain behind bars after the state's Court of Criminal Appeals denied his request to reverse his conviction. [read post]
26 Oct 2009, 7:59 am
Opposing certiorari, the State of Alabama did not dispute that the courts of appeals were divided on the question whether the court of appeals had misapplied Sections 2254(d)(2) and 2254(e)(1), but it contended that certiorari was not warranted because Wood had failed to raise this issue below. [read post]
26 Nov 2019, 11:38 am
In New Hampshire, a federal judge ruled that a man twice arrested for criminal libel for criticizing the police could challenge the constitutionality of New Hampshire’s criminal libel law. [read post]
11 Jun 2008, 7:48 pm
We now have a split among the federal circuit courts of appeals about the precedential meaning of Lawrence v. [read post]
11 Sep 2023, 12:45 pm
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down a section of the federal criminal code that bans possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining order. [read post]
24 Mar 2023, 2:37 pm
ShareIt might be fairly said that in recent decades venue in criminal cases has not been the hottest topic on the court’s docket. [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 10:46 am
On appeal, in a unanimous opinion written by Judge Michael Hall, joined by Judges Mary Donovan and Michael Tucker, the Second District Court of Appeals reversed Bishop’s guilty plea, holding that Crim.R. 11 obligated the trial court to advise the defendant that it could impose a prison sentence for the PRC violation, and that any prison sentence it decided to impose for the PRC violation would be required to be served consecutively. [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 2:27 pm
App. 1997), the Alabama Civil Court of Appeals decided that the statute required that automobile accident reports be excluded at trial. [read post]
26 Feb 2024, 9:01 pm
Last week’s decision by the Alabama Supreme Court in LePage v. [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 9:45 am
The Court this morning ruled against an Alabama death row inmate in Wood v. [read post]
18 Jun 2009, 7:48 am
Scrushy lost another appeal to the court in March. [read post]
3 Nov 2016, 12:56 pm
Phillips on Jan. 12, who will be put to death using a three-drug process consisting of midazolam, recuronium bromide and potassium chloride.Appeals Court Won't Stop AL Man's Execution: An appellate court affirmed a federal judge's ruling on Wednesday, refusing to stop the execution of an Alabama murderer scheduled to die Thursday evening. [read post]
5 May 2015, 12:12 pm
Nixon announced his intention to nominate Mildred Lillie, a Catholic appeals court judge in California (who would have been the first woman appointed to the Court) and Arkansas attorney Hershel Friday. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 9:57 am
Alabama, 132 S. [read post]
2 Feb 2024, 3:00 am
Murdaugh will now seek relief on appeal. [read post]
30 Dec 2008, 10:49 am
Fewer judges and juries are imposing death sentences, and public support has diminished, the center's report said. [read post]
26 May 2017, 1:45 pm
Because few southern judges were willing to uphold the First Amendment rights of Black Americans, it often fell to federal courts to uphold their rights, and that took time, during which charges could hang over activists. [read post]
