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The Court of Criminal Appeals hears appeals on cases that have been decided at the Circuit Court level (of which there are 40 in the state). The five judges that sit on the Court of Criminal Appeals hear all criminal appeals including felony cases, convictions involving misdemeanors, and violations of multiple ordinances. [3]
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals overturned her conviction on the basis of the informant's shaky credibility and the officers' conclusions from vague observations. [2] The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals, with the dissent arguing that the decision would cripple law enforcement investigations due to "unrealistic second ...
The decision of the court was based on two consolidated cases, Jackson v.Hobbs, No. 10-9647, and Miller v.Alabama, No. 10-9646. [5] The Los Angeles Times wrote: "In one case that came before the court, Kuntrell Jackson was 14 in November 18, 1999 when he and two other teenagers went to a video store in Arkansas planning to rob it. [6]
On February 17, 2019, Halima Tariffa Culley's son was arrested while driving his mother's car. [2] Police charged Culley with possession of marijuana and seized the car. . Culley's mother was unable to recover the vehicle, and the State of Alabama filed a civil asset forfeiture case against the vehicle. 20 months later, Culley won summary judgment under Alabama's innocent-owner d
Jim Standridge appealed the case. On February 17, 2012, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Moore's conviction in a 5-0 decision. [12] The case will automatically be appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court, and can then be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
In 1999, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama also rejected the appeal of Loggins. [31] [32] In 2000, Loggins lost his second appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court. [33] In 2001, the Alabama Supreme Court once again upheld and therefore finalized the death sentences of the condemned trio (Grayson, Duncan, and Loggins) after dismissing their ...
After his conviction and death sentence, Lockhart appealed to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. The Court upheld his conviction and death sentence in August 2013. In a 196-page opinion, the Court stated: “The record reflects that Lockhart's sentence was not imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or any other arbitrary factor.
Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court reversed the convictions of nine young black men for allegedly raping two white women on a freight train near Scottsboro, Alabama. The majority of the Court reasoned that the right to retain and be represented by a lawyer was ...