STUART , Justice . Jason Michael Sharp was convicted of murder made capital because it was committed during the course of a rape or an attempted rape, see 13A-5-40(a)(3), Ala. Code 1975. After a sentencing hearing, the jury recommended, by a vote of 11-1, that Sharp be sentenced to death. The trial court took the jury's recommendation and sentenced Sharp to death. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Sharp's conviction and sentence. Sharp v. State, 151 So.3d 308 (Ala.Crim.App.2008)....
STUART, Justice. Cooke, Cameron, Travis and Company, P.C. ("CCT"), sued Directory Assistants, Inc., a Connecticut corporation, in the Jefferson Circuit Court seeking a judgment declaring void a contract between CCT and Directory Assistants because, CCT alleged, Directory Assistants was not qualified to do business in Alabama at the time the contract was executed. Directory Assistants filed a limited appearance in the trial court for the sole purpose of moving the trial court to dismiss the...
COBB, Chief Justice. On February 20, 2009, this Court granted Gary Cowley's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Criminal Appeals' dismissal of his appeal. Cowley was convicted, pursuant to Trussville municipal ordinance no. 236, on September 4, 2007, in the Trussville Municipal Court of driving under the influence, a violation of Ala.Code 1975, 32-5A-191(a)(3). He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined. On September 18, 2007, pursuant to Rule 20.3, Ala. R.Crim. P.,...
LYONS, Justice. Cedrick Webb was a physical-education teacher at Bellingrath Junior High School in Montgomery. The Montgomery County Board of Education ("the Board") canceled Webb's employment contract in February 2007. Webb contested the cancellation, and the matter was heard before a hearing officer who reinstated Webb's employment yet ordered discipline in the form of a temporary suspension. The Board appealed the hearing officer's decision to the Court of Civil Appeals; that court reversed...
MURDOCK, Justice. Michael Shelley petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to vacate its order denying Shelley's motion to dismiss the negligence and wantonness claims filed against him by Michelle Irvin on behalf of Terry Irvin, who is deceased. Shelley also petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to vacate its orders denying Shelley's motions to dismiss and to stay discovery concerning the negligence and...
