Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Decisions 2023

Matthew Sherman Phillips v. Governor Kay Ivey and Alabama Department of Corrections (Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court: CV-21-28)
Date: December 29, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-1204, CR-2023-0145, CR-2023-0259

Jesse James Maness v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Barbour Circuit Court: CC-19-50)
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-1370, CR-2023-0220

Town of Brookside v. Alazae Alexius Hester-Taylor (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CC-22-1597, CC-22-1598, CC-22-1599, and CC-22-1600)
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-1082

Brandon Blaine Berry v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court: CC-18-1235 and CC-18-1236)
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-200751, CR-2022-1168

Lavacus Derrell Hooks v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CC-19-1351)
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-210410, CR-2023-0338

Louis Stinson, Jr. v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Elmore Circuit Court: CC-19-351)
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2023-0594, CR-200566, CR-2023-0377, CR-2023-0441

Wayne Holleman Travis v. State of Alabama. (Appeal from Conecuh Circuit Court: CC-92-4.60)
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Number: CR-180973

Kenneth Eugene Smith v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CC-89-1149.61)
Date: December 8, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2023-0594, CR-200566, CR-2023-0377, CR-2023-0441

Dacedric Deshun Ward v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Limestone Circuit Court: CC-17-142)
Date: December 1, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0681, CR-2022-1172, CR-2022-1306, CR-2022-1326, CR-2023-0029, CR-2023-0038, CR-2023-0166, CR-2023-0168, CR-2023-0281, CR-2023-0365, CR-2023-0367, CR-2023-0516, CR-2023-0533

Curtis Lee Johnson v. State of Alabama. (Appeal from Cherokee Circuit Court: CC-20-900036).
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0721, CR-210291, CR-2022-0527, CR-2022-0556, CR-2022-0754, CR-2022-0955, CR-2022-1262, CR-2022-1355, CR-2023-0001, CR-2023-0054, CR-2023-0083, CR-2023-0123, CR-2023-0326, CR-2023-0478

Mondrell Kenee Ward v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Madison Circuit Court: CC-18-4946)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-1020, CR-2023-0461

Terry Nunley v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court: CC-21-230)
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0505, CR-210461, CR-2022-0506, CR-2022-0507, CR-2022-0508, CR-2022-0509, CR-2022-0824

Christopher B. Barksdale v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Talladega Circuit Court: CC-20-156)
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-1273, CR-2022-1377

Earl Fitzgerald Webb v. State of Alabama. (Appeal from Lee Circuit Court: CC-18-717)
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: CR-210143

Evan Miller v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court: CC-06-68)
Date: October 27, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0914, CR-200654, CR-210148, CR-210283, CR-210423, CR-2022-0587, CR-2022-0789, CR-2022-0965, CR-2022-1057, CR-2023-0062, CR-2023-0226, CR-2022-1003, CR-2023-0287, CR-2023-0061, CR-2022-1121

Damion Joseph Bruno v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Elmore Circuit Court: CC-19-941.60)
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2023-0082, CR-2023-0148, CR-2023-0241, CR-2023-0265, CR-2023-0344

Derrill Richard Ennis v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Lee Circuit Court: CC-18-726)
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0588, CR-2022-0661, CR-2022-0679, CR-2022-0807, CR-2022-0890, CR-2022-0924, CR-2022-1195, CR-2023-0007, CR-2023-0164

Clifford Stutson v. State of Alabama. (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CC-19-651, CC-19-652, and CC-19-653).
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-210390, CR-210398, CR-2022-0819, CR-2023-0140

Carl Evans Davis v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Green Circuit Court: CC-18-23.60)
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-1118, CR-2023-0248

C. B. R. v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court: CC-17-501 and CC-17-502)
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0738

Cody Lee Zink v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court: CC-19-78)
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0919

A.J.C. v. State of Alabama. (Appeal from Madison Circuit Court: CC-19-1977)
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-200686, CR-210388, CR-210435, CR-210485, CR-2022-0585, CR-2022-0621, CR-2022-0677, CR-2022-0792, CR-2022-1007, CR-2022-1093, CR-2022-1223, CR-2022-1254, CR-2022-1295, CR-2022-1350

Ex parte State of Alabama and Clifton Marshall Ridgeway (In re: State of Alabama v. Clifton Marshall Ridgeway) (Blount Circuit Court: CC-15-210)
Date: September 22, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0966, CR-2022-0967, CR-2022-0968, CR-2023-0325

Derrick Dearman v. State of Alabama. (Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court: CC-17-1628, CC-17-1629, CC-17-1630, CC-17-1631, and CC-17-1632).
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-180060, CR-200676, CR-210314, CR-2022-0614, CR-2022-0719, CR-2022-0791, CR-2022-1081

Clavon Williams v. Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-22-49)
Date: September 8, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0969, CR-2022-1161, CR-2022-1312, CR-2022-1354, CR-2023-0092, CR-2023-0215

Lonnie Harold Newsome v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Cherokee Circuit Court: CC-21-135 and CC-21-136).
Date: September 1, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-210433, CR-2022-0528, CR-2022-0753, CR-2022-0830, CR-2022-0962, CR-2022-1009, CR-2022-1024, CR-2022-1066, CR-2022-1147, CR-2022-1199, CR-2022-1321, CR-2022-1361, CR-2023-0230

LaForest Carmichael v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Calhoun Circuit Court: CC-16-2162.60, CC-16-2163.60, CC-16-2164.60, and CC-16-2165.60)
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-210400, CR-2022-1268, CR-2023-0192

Michael Dale Iervolino v. State of Alabama (Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court: CC-20-426)
Date: August 18, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0914, CR-200654, CR-210148, CR-210283, CR-210423, CR-2022-0587, CR-2022-0789, CR-2022-0965, CR-2022-1057, CR-2023-0062, CR-2023-0226, CR-2022-1003, CR-2023-0287, CR-2023-0061, CR-2022-1121

Town of Brookside v. Brandon Stephen Newton (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CC-22-1839, CC-22-1840, and CC-22-1841)
Date: August 18, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2023-0059

Peter Capote v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Colbert Circuit Court: CC-16-340.60)
Date: August 18, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-200537, CR-210061

State of Alabama v. Kenyata Demetris Burton (Appeal from Calhoun Circuit Court: CC-15-1494)
Date: August 11, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-1055, CR-200844, CR-210222, CR-2022-0683

Lekoray Jamal Buford v. State of Alabama. (Appeal from Bessemer Division, Jefferson Circuit Court: CC-16-834, CC-16-835, and CC-16-836)
Date: July 28, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-210313, CR-2022-0727, CR-2022-1163, CR-2022-1196, CR-2022-1329

Linda Doyle v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Baldwin Circuit Court: CC-20-2001).
Date: July 21, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0499, CR-2022-0617, CR-2022-0843, CR-2022-0879, CR-2022-1305, CR-2022-1363, CR-2023-0028, CR-2023-0086

Christopher Lee Richards v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CC-21-1094)
Date: July 14, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0613, CR-2022-0631, CR-2022-0636, CR-2022-0827, CR-2022-0998, CR-2022-1115, CR-2023-0011

Darrell Kenard Law v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court: CC-22-363.70)
Date: July 7, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0849, CR-2022-1105

Willie R. Burgess, Jr. v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Morgan Circuit Court: CC93-421.60)
Date: June 23, 2023
Docket Number: CR-191040

C.L.A. v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Elmore Circuit Court: CC-20-55)
Date: June 23, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0651

Walter Terrance Miles v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CC-14-1202.60)
Date: June 23, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-210069, CR-2022-0659, CR-2022-0922, CR-2022-1023, CR-2022-1179

T.C.S. v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Pickens Circuit Court: CC-15-396.61)
Date: June 23, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-1285

State of Alabama v. Sonya Nicole Cross (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CC-10-2678.60)
Date: June 23, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2023-0079

Ex parte Zamir Princeton Jones (In re: State of Alabama v. Zamir Princeton Jones) (Jefferson Circuit Court: CC-21-867)
Date: June 23, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2023-0229

Tyreese Nikita Crayton v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CC-19-3305 and CC-19-3306)
Date: June 16, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0642, CR-201006, CR-210080, CR-210361, CR-210393, CR-2022-0991

Courtney E. Williams v. State of Alabama. (Appeal from Dallas Circuit Court: CC18-327)
Date: June 2, 2023
Docket Number: CR-210273

Stephon Lindsay v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Etowah Circuit Court: CC-13-652.60)
Date: May 26, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0662, CR-2022-0768, CR-2022-0811, CR-2022-0823, CR-2022-1096, CR-2022-1157, CR-2022-1240, CR-2022-1260

Charles Anthony Mosby v. State of Alabama. (Appeal from Madison Circuit Court: CC18-5155)
Date: May 19, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-210046, CR-210372, CR-2022-1384

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Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: 1127299

Peter Capote v. State of Alabama
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: CR-20-0537

State of Alabama v. Kenyata Demetris Burton
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: CR-20-0844

Tyreese Nikita Crayton v. State of Alabama
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: CR-20-1006

Kenneth Alan Vandusen v. State of Alabama
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0571

Charles Edward Colburn v. State of Alabama
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0721, CR-210291, CR-2022-0527, CR-2022-0556, CR-2022-0754, CR-2022-0955, CR-2022-1262, CR-2022-1355, CR-2023-0001, CR-2023-0054, CR-2023-0083, CR-2023-0123, CR-2023-0326, CR-2023-0478

Christopher Jarquis Guice v. State of Alabama
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0965

Jon Thomas Wallis v. State of Alabama
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0984

Brandon Lewis McCary v. State of Alabama
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-1128

David Dungan v. State of Alabama
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-1135

Reginald Thadeous Blevins v. State of Alabama
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-1148

Curtis Lee Johnson v. State of Alabama
Date: May 5, 2023
Docket Number: CR-21-0291

Derrick Dearman v. State of Alabama
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-18-0060

Wayne Holleman Travis v. State of Alabama
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-18-0973

William Darby v. State of Alabama
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-20-0919

Town of Brookside v. Michael Christopher Rowser
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0505, CR-210461, CR-2022-0506, CR-2022-0507, CR-2022-0508, CR-2022-0509, CR-2022-0824

Town of Brookside v. Nathaniel Neay
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0506

Town of Brookside v. Alexus Young
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0507

Town of Brookside v. Melissa Jo Leith
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0508

Town of Brookside v. Sandra Crawford Martin
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0509

Derrick D. Peterson v. State of Alabama
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0642, CR-201006, CR-210080, CR-210361, CR-210393, CR-2022-0991

Town of Brookside v. Gregory Bernard Jones
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0824

Barry L. Robinson v. State of Alabama
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-1055, CR-200844, CR-210222, CR-2022-0683

Bradley Grandquest v. State of Alabama
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-1067

Ex parte Kendall Tewayne Johnson
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-21-0117

Gary Wayne Morgan, Jr. v. State of Alabama
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-21-0337

Cody Bragg v. State of Alabama
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-21-0361

Benjamin Young v. State of Alabama
Date: March 24, 2023
Docket Number: CR-21-0393

Nathaniel Dennis v. State of Alabama
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: CR-18-1211

Broderick Darnell McCoy v. State of Alabama
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: CR-20-0821

State of Alabama v. William Ray Norris
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0521

Michael Carvese Williams v. State of Alabama
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0543

Lancaster DeShawn Lewis v. State of Alabama
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-0665

Terrance Rashuan Moore v. State of Alabama
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Numbers: CR-2022-0914, CR-200654, CR-210148, CR-210283, CR-210423, CR-2022-0587, CR-2022-0789, CR-2022-0965, CR-2022-1057, CR-2023-0062, CR-2023-0226, CR-2022-1003, CR-2023-0287, CR-2023-0061, CR-2022-1121

Jeremy Dewayne Glasscock v. State of Alabama
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: CR-2022-1106

Gordon Douglas Lawrence v. State of Alabama
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: CR-21-0061

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