denied, 526 U.S. 1133, 119 S.Ct. It was Doctor Simmons' opinion that the first shot to Officer Bennett struck his torso severing his spine which would have made it impossible for him to move and, as he lay dying, [Spencer] shot Officer Bennett point blank in the face, the bullet passing through his brain. Finally, as the trial court noted, there was some question as to whether the testimony, as proffered, would have even been admissible. The sentence of death in this case is neither excessive nor disproportionate to the penalties imposed in similar cases, considering both the crime and Spencer. May your memories bring you comfort. Additional testimony indicated that the 9mm Beretta handgun found behind the heater in the residence where Spencer was arrested was Officer Owen's service weapon. Thus, as in Sneed, we conclude that the trial court did comply with the principles espoused in Ex parte Taylor and Ex parte Carroll in overriding the jury's recommendation. Receive obituaries from the city or cities of your choice. Thats when it hit me I should be dead, he said in 2005. The trial court thoroughly instructed the jury, among other things, on the elements of each charge and on the State's burden of proof. Receive obituaries from the city or cities of your choice. See Rule 45A, Ala.R.App.P. The undisputed evidence further indicated that Spencer had been asleep at the time the officers arrived; that he awakened, hearing commotion in the other end of the apartment; that he looked outside and saw police vehicles; that he rushed toward the commotion; that when he encountered the officers he fatally shot Officers Owen and Chisolm in the kitchen area of the apartment; that he turned and fatally shot Officer Bennett, who was near the front door of the apartment; and that he shot Officer Collins outside the back door of the apartment and fired additional shots at Officer Collins as Collins took cover behind his police car. As to the former, the trial court found that Spencer's age of 24 at the time of the offense was young but not so young as to carry great weight. A spent bullet was found a few inches in the ground beneath Officer Bennett's head. The court must do all that the defendant calls upon it to do within the legal power of the court to obtain evidence under Article I, 6. Thus, although Spencer may not have formally requested a continuance, the actions he sought the trial court to undertake, of necessity, were the functional equivalent of a continuance. It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Spencer v. State, [Ms. CR-04-2570, April 4, 2008] --- So.3d ----, ---- (Ala.Crim.App.2008). They found an SKS assault rifle outside the front door of the apartment, and a number of guns inside in plain view. [Dr. Simmons]: Jerking is caused by the fact that during the dying process you have random disorganized discharge of neurons in the brain cells and the spinal cord. See People v. Coney, 98 P.3d 930 (Colo.Ct.App.2004) (holding that evidence of other offenses or acts that are part and parcel of the charged offense is admissible as res cestae and may be admitted without a limiting instruction); State v. Long, 173 N.J. 138, 171, 801 A.2d 221, 242 (2002) (evidence of the defendant's actions served to paint a complete picture of the relevant criminal transaction and therefore was admissible, and a limiting instruction was unnecessary because the evidence was admitted under the res gestae exception); and Camacho v. State, 864 S.W.2d 524, 535 (Tex.Crim.App.1993) (holding the evidence of the extraneous offenses showed the context in which the criminal act occurred, i.e., the res gestae, and was therefore admissible and not subject to the requirement of a limiting instruction). 401 So.2d at 349, quoting Thomas v. State, 15 Ala.App. 742, 136 L.Ed.2d 680 (1997)). Before the issue of self-defense is submitted to the jury, the defendant has the burden of proving, among other things, that he reasonably believe[d], Alabama Code 1975, 13A-3-23, that his attacker was about to use unlawful deadly physical force, unless this fact arises out of the evidence produced against him to prove the homicide. Cosby v. State, 269 Ala. 501, 505, 114 So.2d 250, 253 (1959). Donna & Shandrea Pierce Kevin & Matthew Adkins, My prayers and thoughts are with you during this time of bereavement. A 1991 graduate of Tarrant High School. 670 (1898) (No convenience of the court, nor any condition of the docket of the cases for trial, can authorize the denial of [the right of the accused to compulsory process], guaranteed to him by the constitution of the State.). I give up. On remand, this ambiguity must be clarified.. (82 years old). He shot the first two officers repeatedly in the back and the third officer at point-blank range in the head some period of time after that officer had been mortally wounded by a gunshot to the chest that impacted numerous internal organs and the spinal cord. Spencer, Kerry Scott age 72 of Edina, Minnesota passed away peacefully on February 13, 2021. The undisputed evidence indicated that the officers were at the residence to execute an outstanding arrest warrant on Woods; that Woods refused to comply with the officers' demands to come outside and instead turned and fled into the apartment; and that the officers pursued Woods into the apartment. Spencer relies in large part on McTerry v. State, 680 So.2d 953 (Ala.Crim.App.1996), and Ervin v. State, 584 So.2d 947 (Ala.Crim.App.1991). Certainly, there may be a rational explanation for the trial court's statements that would bring the sentencing order, as amended, within the constitutional and statutory requirements. Spencer attended Chattanooga Central High School and was a. Spencer testified that in response to that statement, Nate told Curly that he had no reason to be at the apartment and for him to get the fuck on off the property. (R. In Ervin, the circuit clerk failed to serve 23 defense subpoenas, an oversight that was discovered by defense counsel near the close of the State's case. Obituary. We again pretermit our plain-error review of Spencer's death sentence pending the trial court's return to remand. Show me the papers. (R. 371, 372, 77 So. Dr. Gary Simmons testified at trial as follows: Defense counsel: If somebody received gunshot wound B to the chest would there be a short period of time afterward when myoclonic jerk could have been a factor?, Dr. Spencer further notes that the State even requested a jury instruction on the level of intoxication necessary to negate a specific intent to kill and thus the trial court so instructed the jury. See, e.g., Ex parte Hodges, 856 So.2d 936 (Ala.2003); Ex parte Waldrop, 859 So.2d 1181 (Ala.2002); Duke v. State, 889 So.2d 1, 41 (Ala.Crim.App.2002) (opinion on return to remand), cert. The law is well-settled that a motion for a continuance, even when based on an absent witness, is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court. McTerry v. State, 680 So.2d at 956. A number of officers canvassed the neighborhood after failing to locate the suspects in their initial search of the apartment. 558 (1916) (compulsory process is a substantive right, a real right, and not an illusory sham to be satisfied by the issue of process, which is to be rendered ineffectual by hastening on to immediate trial), and Walker v. State, 117 Ala. 85, 88, 23 So. However, as the State argues in its brief on return to remand, this Court has considered and rejected that interpretation of Ex parte Taylor and Ex parte Carroll in prior opinions. (R. Spencer further testified that Curly stated, I wish I had a reason to come in this apartment, I'd show you who was weak; Y'all so damn bad, bring your asses out if you so tough; and We gonna get you and when we get you, we're gonna fuck you up. (R. Ryan Kreidler (R) -- IF, OF The first nine on this list are pretty good bets. May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief. A massive, tense manhunt followed, and Spencer and Woods were arrested later that day. Spencer testified that he came out of the bedroom with the SKS assault rifle in his hands and encountered Nate coming toward him, holding his face as if he were in pain. denied, 526 U.S. 1052, 119 S.Ct. Does [Cooper] have pending criminal charges at this time? According to Spencer, he dozed off for some time and Nate likely went outside and messed with his radio for awhile. (R. The trial court then stated specific reasons for giving the jury's recommendation the consideration it gave it. It is well settled that the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Art. Spencer first argues that the trial court erroneously allowed evidence of collateral crimes and prior bad acts, without sua sponte giving a limiting instruction to the jury regarding the proper use of the now complained-of evidence. The trial court's amended sentencing order shall be submitted to this Court within 42 days of the date of this opinion. To offer your sympathy during this difficult time, you can now have memorial trees planted in a National Forest in memory of your loved one. (R. Ingram v. State, 779 So.2d 1225 (Ala.Cr.App.1999). Johnson v. State, 820 So.2d 842, 874 (Ala.Crim.App.2000).. Lavender testified that a police dispatcher contacted Officer Chisolm at 1:17 p.m., and notified him that the arrest warrant on Woods had been confirmed by the Fairfield Police Department. 663, 665, 248 So.2d 158, 160 (1971). 968.) See also People v. Perry, 61 N.Y.2d 849, 473 N.Y.S.2d 966, 966-67, 462 N.E.2d 143, 143-44 (App.1984) ([a] charge on intoxication should be given if there is sufficient evidence of intoxication in the record for a reasonable person to entertain a doubt as to the element of intent on that basis). The evidence also indicates that Spencer made statements following the earlier encounters with the officers that if the officers returned he would bust em (R. 913), and that they was gonna get the officers if they returned. See also Ex parte Tomlin, 909 So.2d 283 (Ala.2003). A unique and lasting tribute for a loved one. How long do you want me to sit around and wait on him-on some futile effort to try to get him here? The trial court has clarified its findings in this regard, stating: In addition, Dr. Simmons testified at trial that Officer Bennett, who was found dead at the front door of the apartment, was shot multiple times. 912.) Naugher v. State, 105 Ala. 26, 17 So. We didnt know for sure 100 percent that it was him, so we had to get the picture, Collins said in a 2005 interview. Officers discovered an SKS assault rifle outside the front door of the apartment, and a number of weapons in plain view in assorted rooms of the apartment. Owen was checking to see if a car used by Woods and parked behind his Ensley apartment was stolen. After officers informed Spencer that they had eyewitnesses who identified him as the gunman, Spencer stated that Curly and other officers came to the apartment early that morning and that Curly had taken off his badge and talked about fighting before leaving. Kerry Todd Hawkins Crane Hill. Spencer George Hare. Raper v. State, 584 So.2d 544 (Ala.Cr.App.1991). You know, I had a little bit of [cocaine] powder left over from the night before. He said he had bought the SKS the day before, and had even test-fired it the previous night. Williams reported to court on the day of trial but was excused by the State shortly before the trial commenced because, according to the prosecutor, his testimony was neutral in that he could not identify the gunman. He was only 31 years old. There are no events at this time. However, the court should charge on voluntary intoxication only when there is a sufficient evidentiary foundation in the record for a jury to entertain a reasonable doubt as to the element of intent. Rule 45A, Ala.R.App.P., states: In all cases in which the death penalty has been imposed, the Court of Criminal Appeals shall notice any plain error or defect in the proceedings under review, whether or not brought to the attention of the trial court, and take appropriate appellate action by reason thereof, whenever such error has or probably has adversely affected the substantial right of the appellant.. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. The appellant never indicated to the court that he would need additional time to locate Williams. The trial court was also instructed to reweigh the aggravating circumstances and the mitigating circumstances in resentencing Spencer. It is not required that the evidence submitted by the accused as a non-statutory mitigating circumstance be weighed as a mitigating circumstance by the sentencer, in this case, the trial court; although consideration of all mitigating circumstances is required, the decision of whether a particular mitigating circumstance is proven and the weight to be given it rests with the sentencer. OB6 Obituaries, Notices. When Collins looked again, he was gone. 733.) Obituaries week of March 1; . It is highly unlikely that the defendant walked up to the body as he lay dying on the ground knowing that there was another live officer somewhere behind him, that he had attempted to kill. I went to high school with Kerry and remember him as a fun person to be around. Devin Thompson. 401, 406-07, 265 So.2d 185, 190, cert. According to Officer Jacobs, after he advised Spencer of his Miranda4 rights, Spencer agreed to speak with officers. In addition to the plethora of guns and unspent and spent ammunition discovered in and outside the apartment where the shootings occurred, the testimony indicated that Officer Owens's holster was damaged and that his service handgun was not located in the vicinity of his body. THE COURT: If he is going to take the Fifth Amendment, I need to know that. Carolyn Lavender, a sergeant in the communications section of the Birmingham Police Department, testified about assorted radio transmissions between officers and dispatchers on the day of the shootings. He attended Boone Public Schools. Rector further testified that the damage to Officer Owen's service weapon and holster was consistent with having occurred while the service weapon was in the holster, and that he recovered a bullet fragment from the holster that was consistent with having been fired from a rifle. Sgt. To James (Linda)Moton & Family. 1672.) family hang in there until you meet again. . 238, 240, 39 So.2d 419, 421, cert. May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well-lived. No. Contact us. Spencer testified that he hid in the attic and that he did not resist when the police discovered him. Here, although the trial court referenced the jury's recommendation that Spencer be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, the circuit court's order did not state that the trial court found the jury's recommendation to be a mitigating circumstance and did not contain written findings concerning what weight that jury recommendation was given, or the reasons why it overrode the jury's recommendation. Although the trial court need not list and make findings as to each item of alleged nonstatutory mitigating evidence offered by a defendant, Reeves v. State, 807 So.2d 18, 48 (Ala.Crim.App.2000), it must make a clear finding regarding the existence or nonexistence of nonstatutory mitigating evidence offered by a defendant. The obituary was featured in The. Between 9:00 o'clock and 10:00 o'clock the next morning he drank one beer, he took one Seraquil [sic] and possibly a very small amount of powder cocaine. So it's possible. It wasn't like I had time to say, Oh, you fixing to shoot me. According to Spencer, Curly took off his badge and told them to come out, to which Nate responded that they were not stupid, at which time Carolyn Slaughter walked over to Curly and intervened, telling Curly to stop acting like that and to put his badge back on. (R. If that can't be determined, I would ask the Court to issue an instanter subpoena to have him picked up today at this address that I have given you, 1016 Huffman Road, Birmingham. Dearly loved husband of Marjorie, loved father, father-in-law and great The circuit court must consider evidence offered in mitigation, but it is not obliged to find that the evidence constitutes a mitigating circumstance. THE COURT: I understand that he may have done that. Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail address Listen Follow Report this obituary His grace is sufficient. (Emphasis added.) No bond is as great as that between a parent and child. Ervin, 584 So.2d at 949. 1691.) Spencer later would testify that they sold drugs out of the apartment, making up to $3,000 a day. The appellant, Kerry Spencer, was convicted of four counts of capital murder for his involvement in the shootings of four Birmingham police officers. He has three attempted-murder charges against him that are pending. Thus, [u]nder 13A-1-9(b), Ala.Code 1975, a trial judge is not required to instruct on a lesser-included offense unless there is a rational basis for a verdict convicting the defendant of the included offense. Harris, 2 So.3d at 912, quoting Pilley, 930 So.2d at 563. At that point, Officer Bennett was paralyzed and would not have been able to move to touch the defendant's leg. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. I am so happy I had him in my life. Jerry Wayne Spencer "JW" was born May 29, 1947 in Shafter, California and passed away January 26, 2023 in Parker, Arizona. Defense counsel averred that members of Spencer's family had spoken with Cooper that morning and provided the trial court with the address of the apartment where Cooper was supposedly located at that time; according to defense counsel, Cooper had informed the family members that he did not wish to testify at Spencer's trial. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. In his amended sentencing order on return to second remand, the trial court now states as follows: There was evidence during the guilty phase of trial that [Spencer] had ingested cocaine the night before the shooting of these officers. In McTerry, Williams, the witness at issue had been subpoenaed by the State and was the only eyewitness to the shooting other than the victim. According to Spencer, he dropped the SKS assault rifle at that time and fled. [T]he weight to attach to [a] known mitigating circumstance is within the discretion of the trial court. The officers checked the apartment to ensure that no one else was present and then established a perimeter around the apartment to begin searching the area for the suspects and to preserve the scene for evidence technicians. No. Our Location 140 Churchill Ave Wawa, Ontario P0S 1K0 Phone: (705) 856-7340 or 1-800-439-4937 Contact Us Phone: (705) 856-7340 or 1-800-439-4937 . CC-04-4129, Spencer was convicted of intentionally causing the death of Carlos Owen by shooting him with a firearm while Owen was on duty as a police officer, a violation of 13A-5-40(a)(5), Ala.Code 1975. One other thing to make it clear, is that despite this man having a lawyer he has contacted me by telephone and given me a statement as to what his involvement was. According to Williams, Spencer had a big gun that he had been carrying that day and the gun was near him while he slept. 2954, 57 L.Ed.2d 973 (1978); Ex parte Hart, 612 So.2d 536, 542 (Ala.1992) (Lockett does not require that all evidence offered as mitigating evidence be found to be mitigating.), cert. In case no. TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS MY SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO YOU AND MY PRAYERS ALSO, BE ENCOURAGED AND KNOW THAT GOD MAKES NO MISTAKE, YOU LOVED HIM BUT GOD LOVED HIM MORE. denied 519 U.S. 1079, 117 S.Ct. May happy Share Blanton testified that the suspect, who was discovered in the attic of the residence, was taken into custody. www.kerryfuneralhome.ca To plant a beautiful memorial tree in memory of Warren Spencer, please visit our Tree . Both this Court and the Alabama Supreme Court have repeatedly denied the very claims now raised by Spencer on appeal. He stated that he was stunned, and that he radioed a shots fired call over the police radio, and ran to the back of his police car. As to other mitigating evidence, the trial court found that the evidence showing that Spencer had obtained a GED and was an electrician by trade did not carry any significant weight. The Alabama Legislature has defined intoxication to include a disturbance of mental or physical capacities resulting from the introduction of any substance into the body. 13A-3-2(c)(1), Ala.Code 1975. Bucky McMillan, while serving on active-duty status as a judge of this court under the provisions of 12-18-10(e), Ala.Code 1975. According to Spencer, sometime between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on the morning of the shootings, he was awakened by someone kicking on the front door; he stated that the sound was different than when customers knocked on the door and that their business was always conducted at the back door, so he immediately knew it was not related to his drug business. Kerry had the zest for life and it showed through his many endeavors over the years. Obituary of Warren Reginald Spencer. See also Lewis v. State, [Ms. CR-03-0480, April 28, 2006] --- So.3d ----, ----, (Ala.Crim.App.2006); Yeomans v. State, 898 So.2d 878, 904 905 (Ala.Crim.App.2004). Terry Spencer's passing on Thursday, December 22, 2022 has been publicly announced by Midland Cremation Society in Joplin, MO. What kind of arrangement is appropriate, where should you send it, and when should you send an alternative? Officer Hugh Butler was the first to go to Collins. The officers' deaths in a hail of gunfire rocked Alabama's . Jerry Alexander Spencer of Olive Branch, Mississippi, passed away on Friday, October 15, 2021, at the age of 93. Evidence that someone was drinking an alcoholic beverage is not evidence that that person was intoxicated. An independent weighing of the aggravating and mitigating circumstances indicates that death is the proper sentence. King v. State, 71 Ala. 1, 4 (1881). Geraldine Smith Obituary. I knew it wasnt Nathaniel, and I was like, Who the hell is that? , Spencer continued to fire. Alabama Death Row Inmate List - T. Jarrod Taylor. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND YOURS DURING THIS TIME OF GRIEF. Bush v. State, 168 Ala. 77, 53 So. (R. Kerry Spencer was sentenced to death and remains on Alabama Death Row for the murders of three police officers. Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you. Her son, Samuel Spencer, is 13 now, but was just a 1-year-old when. Write your message of sympathy today. See also Pilley v. State, 930 So.2d 550 (Ala.Crim.App.2005) (noting that the fact that Pilley had murdered two or more people by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct did not constitute a statutorily designated aggravating circumstance in Pilley's case because the murders were committed before the effective date of 13A-5-49(9)). Aoife, from Moyvane, Co Kerry, and Eoin, Abbeyfeale, Co . On July 6, 1958 in Oklahoma City, Ok. a baby boy was born to Odell Williams and Maxine (Major) Williams. This Court concluded that the circuit clerk had failed to perform its affirmative duty under 12-21-244, Ala.Code 1975, to see that the defense's requested subpoenas were issued before trial, and, thus, that the trial court had to take all steps necessary to ensure the defendant's constitutional guarantee of compulsory process. Id. Bucky McMillan while serving on active-duty status as a judge of this court under the provisions of 12-18-10(e), Ala.Code 1975. 803.) He was treated and released. Spencer, citing Johnson v. State, [Ms. CR-99-1349, March 11, 2005] --- So.3d ---- (Ala.Crim.App.2005), avers that while Minor involved the use of prior convictions to impeach a defendant witness, its language was broader. (Spencer's brief at p. In his second amended sentencing order, the trial court stated: This is the most brutal and violent attack on law enforcement officers this Court has seen in its combined thirty years as a prosecutor, defense lawyer, and as a judge. The trial court's findings concerning the aggravating and mitigating circumstances is supported by the record. See, e.g., Johnson v. State, supra (evidence of prior bigamy conviction and prior bad acts including adultery and other sexually related activities was admissible as substantive evidence of the offense based on the facts of that case); and Turner v. State, 924 So.2d 737 (Ala.Crim.App.2002) (no plain error where defendant was not cross-examined concerning any prior convictions; no evidence of prior convictions was admitted; and reference to outstanding warrants does not equate to evidence of a prior conviction.). And specifically that Tyran Cooper was a drug supplier. "Inez". 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