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Ex Parte Stephens

Supreme Court of Alabama
Apr 11, 1991
580 So. 2d 26 (Ala. 1991)

Opinion

1900032.

March 15, 1991. Rehearing Denied April 11, 1991.

Petition for writ of Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals (2 Div. 738). Appeal from the Circuit Court, Hale County, No. CC-89-34, Charles Thigpen, Judge.

Blanchard L. McLeod, Jr. and J. Patrick Cheshire, Selma, for petitioner.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Beth Slate Poe and William D. Little, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.


Pursuant to Rule 39(c), Ala.R.App.P., we granted the defendant's petition to review the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming his conviction and sentence of death. Stephens v. State, 580 So.2d 11 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990). After considering the record of trial, the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion, and the briefs and arguments of the parties, we find no basis for reversal of the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

AFFIRMED.

HORNSBY, C.J., and MADDOX, ALMON, SHORES, ADAMS, HOUSTON, STEAGALL, KENNEDY and INGRAM, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Stephens

Supreme Court of Alabama
Apr 11, 1991
580 So. 2d 26 (Ala. 1991)
Case details for

Ex Parte Stephens

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Victor R. STEPHENS. (Re Victor R. Stephens v. State)

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Apr 11, 1991

Citations

580 So. 2d 26 (Ala. 1991)

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