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Ex Parte Coon

Supreme Court of Alabama
Feb 8, 1980
79-66
Reporters:
Before:
Bloodworth

We granted the petitioner‘s request for certiorari to ‍​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‍review the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 380 So.2d 980 (Ala.Cr.App. 1979), upholding the conviction of petitioner under Alabama‘s Death ‍​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‍Penalty Statute for the intentional killing of John Ezra Brown during the commission of a robbery.

We have carefully reviewed the opinion of ‍​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‍the Court of Criminal Appeals and the record of the proceedings in this cause, and are convinced that each contention raised ‍​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‍by the petitioner has been correctly answered by the Court of Criminal Appeals in its opinion. Thus, its judgment of affirmance ‍​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‍is due to be, and is hereby, affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

All the Justices concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Ex Parte Coon
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Feb 8, 1980
Citations: 380 So. 2d 990; 79-66
Docket Number: 79-66
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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