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JACOBS v. STATE

6 Div. 388.

371 So.2d 429 (1977)

John L. JACOBS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

After Remandment May 16, 1978.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Morris S. Dees, Pamela Horowitz and John L. Carroll, Montgomery, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Elizabeth N. Petree, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, appellee.

HARRIS, Judge.

John L. Jacobs was convicted of murder under Alabama's new Death Penalty Act committed during the course of the robbery of a seventy-nine year old man, and the jury returned a verdict fixing his punishment at death.

Prior to trial appellant filed a motion for a continuance and a motion for change of venue. Both motions alleged that this appellant could not get a fair and impartial trial in Blount County...

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