Alabama judge says he can use abolished judicial override in death penalty case al.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from al.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Morgan County Circuit Court judge last week decided he has the ability to impose the death penalty on a capital murder defendant even if the jury in a scheduled
handling his case quit the law firm. maples said he was never told he was suddenly without representation. and the courts clerk never relayed that the court notices on that appeal were coming back unopened. regardless, the state and federal courts in alabama say maples is out of luck and he will be executed. now the u.s. supreme court is weighing in. i have breaking news from the associated press on that. doug burns, former federal prosecutor joining us. duane case is criminal defense attorney helping us work through this. hear is the heaine from the associated press. the supreme court appears likely to rule in favor of cory maples. do you agree with that? well that is interesting. first of all you have to put this case in a little bit of context, jenna. the defendant appealed his conviction and was affirmed. he appealed to the alabama supreme court and it was affirmed. he brought a separate collateral case that he lost. it was appeal with that was