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Night Clerk at the Anderson Motel
Hamm v. State (Doyle Lee Hamm) (1989)
Charge: Capital murder - motel night clerk shot during a robberyCourt: Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals (trial: Cullman County Circuit Court)Docket: Death in Dixie
Was the accused proven to be the robber who shot the night clerk?
The facts
On January 24, 1987, the night clerk at the Anderson Motel in Cullman, Alabama, was shot once in the temple during a robbery; about $350 was taken from the register and $60 from his wallet. A man and woman found in the getaway car first said they had been kidnapped, but later agreed to testify against the accused in exchange for pleading guilty to lesser offences. The accused gave police a statement after lengthy questioning. There was no physical evidence showing who pulled the trigger.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: Hamm v. State (Doyle Lee Hamm), Hamm v. State, 564 So. 2d 453 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989), aff'd, Ex parte Hamm, 564 So. 2d 469 (Ala. 1990)
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