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AKIN v. STATE

CR-92-0513.

698 So.2d 228 (1996)

Joseph Dewey AKIN v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Short, Jr., Bessemer, for Appellant.

Jeff Sessions and Bill Pryor, Attys. Gen., and Jean Therkelsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.

On Return to Remand

COBB, Judge.

The appellant, Joseph Dewey Akin, a nurse employed by Cooper Green Hospital, was convicted of murdering Robert Price by administering a lethal dose of the drug lidocaine into his body. See § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975. Akin was sentenced to life imprisonment.

On original submission, this court remanded this case to the trial court for consideration of the issue whether the appellant had established a prima...

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