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Rel: March 24, 2023 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229-0649), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published in Southern Reporter. Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals

GREGORY K. FRIZZELL, CHIEF JUDGE This matter comes before the court on the defendant City of Tulsa's Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. # 175]. For the reasons discussed below, the motion is granted. I. Background On September 12, 1994, Travis Wood, the three-month-old son of Michelle Murphy, was found dead as a result of a stab wound to the chest and incised wound to the neck. The T

Decided May 13, 2019 In light of Justice ALITO's opinion dissenting from the Court's March 28 order, I write to respectfully add two points. 1. On March 28, the Court stayed Murphy's execution. Murphy is Buddhist and wanted a Buddhist minister in the execution room. Under Texas' policy at the time, inmates who were Christian or Muslim could have ministers of their religions in the execution room. But inmates such as Murphy

On Application for Rehearing This Court's opinion of September 4, 2009, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor. The State of Alabama petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Elmore Circuit Court to vacate a pretrial order suppressing certain prosecutorial evidence. We deny the petition. On July 29, 2003, Ronnie Holman was shot and killed outside his house in Titus, allegedly during a robbery. He was lured outsid

SIM LAKE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE The plaintiff, Patrick Henry Murphy, is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, March 28, 2019, after 6 o'clock p.m., pursuant to his conviction and sentence entered in the 283rd District Court of Dallas County, Texas. On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, Murphy filed the instant complaint pursuant to 42 U.S

Virginia M. Kendall, United States District Judge Paul Murphy is indigent and homeless. He was convicted of possession of child pornography in 2012 and received a sentence of three years' probation. Five years after his release date, and nearly twice the number of years of his sentence, he remains incarcerated because the Department of Corrections cannot find an appropriate place for him live. Illinois, like many st

Case: 17-12524 Date Filed: 08/30/2019 Page: 1 of 73 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 17-12524 D.C. Docket No. 4:08-cv-00869-VEH MARK ALLEN JENKINS, Petitioner - Appellant,

The State of Alabama appeals the trial court's order declaring unconstitutional that portion of former § 15-20-22(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975 — a part of the Community Notification Act ("CNA"), § 15-20-20 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 *Page 2 — requiring an adult criminal sex offender to provide the Alabama Department of Corrections ("DOC"), at least 45 days prior to the offender's release

[PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 17-12524 D.C. Docket No. 4:08-cv-00869-VEH MARK ALLEN JENKINS, Petitioner - Appellant, versus COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Case: 17-12524 Date Filed: 08/30/2019 Page: 1 of 73 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 17-12524 D.C. Docket No. 4:08-cv-00869-VEH MARK ALLEN JENKINS, Petitioner - Appellant,

Rel: June 26, 2026 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229-0650), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published in Southern Reporter. Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals

Rel: June 26, 2026 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229-0650), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published in Southern Reporter. Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs at Knoxville July 27, 2010 EDDIE LEE MURPHY, SR. v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Sumner County No. 624-2007 Tom E. Gray, Judge No. M2009-01993-CCA-R3-PC - Filed January 20, 2011 The Petitioner, Eddie Lee Murphy, Sr., appeals the Sumner County Criminal Court’s den

666 F.3d 708 (2012) Gregory HUNT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee. No. 09-15310. United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. January 5, 2012. *710 Arnold J. Levine, New York City, for Petitioner-Appellant. Beth Jackson Hughes, Montgomery, AL, for Responden

STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS JOHN DOES 1-7, and all others similarly situated, FOR PUBLICATION August 25, 2015 Plaintiffs-Appellees, 9:05 a.m. v Nos. 321013; 321756 Washtenaw Circuit Cour

STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS JOHN DOES 1-7, and all others similarly situated, FOR PUBLICATION August 25, 2015 Plaintiffs-Appellees, 9:05 a.m. v Nos. 321013; 321756 Washtenaw Circuit Cour

MEMORANDUM OPINION ELLEN LIPTON HOLLANDER, District Judge. ‘ Kristy Lynn Murphy-Taylor and her husband, Donald Taylor, plaintiffs, have sued five defendants, alleging employment discrimination on the basis of sex, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., as well as violations of the federal and Maryland state constitutions and tort claims

BOLIN, Justice. The issue in this case is whether the court in which the underlying action was filed, the Jefferson Circuit Court, had subject-matter jurisdiction over the original complaint. We conclude that it did not. Facts and Procedural History On February 25, 2005, Greg Ogles filed a class action in the Jefferson Circuit Court claiming that members of the purported class h

510 F.Supp.2d 558 (2007) Jason MURPHY, Plaintiff, v. Bill FRANKLIN, etc., et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 2:04cv1218-MHT. United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division. March 28, 2007. *559 Jay Lewis, Keith Anderson Nelms, Law Offices of Jay Lewis, LLC, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff. Bill Franklin, Wet

552 F.3d 405 (2009) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Damian Antonio MURPHY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 07-4607. United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Argued: October 27, 2008. Decided: January 15, 2009. *407 ARGUED: Richard Croutharmel, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Jennifer R. B