983, 984 (1918). Doyle Norman Cox was born on May 7, 1938 in Boone, the son of Woodrow and Alice (Staley) Cox. Always - Sharetha LaJoyce Ivory*** PIG - I love you all. He drove there to help and encountered Nathaniel Woods for the first time. More times than not they don't, but sometimes they do.. Moreover, [w]hen reviewing a trial court's jury instructions, we must view them as a whole, not in bits and pieces, and as a reasonable juror would have interpreted them. Although the trial court is not required to specify in its sentencing order each item of proposed nonstatutory mitigating evidence offered that it considered and found not to be mitigating, Williams v. State, 710 So.2d 1276, 1347 (Ala.Crim.App.1996), aff'd, 710 So.2d 1350 (Ala.1997), in order for this Court to conduct its review of the death sentence, the trial court must specifically identify in its sentencing order those nonstatutory mitigating circumstances that it did find to exist.. Additionally, the evidence indicates that, upon hearing the commotion in the kitchen and looking outside and seeing police vehicles, Spencer had time to attempt to retreat by attempting to hide or escape from a window; however, he armed himself and proceeded to advance toward the commotion and a certain encounter with officers. 803.) Rather, the evidence was properly admitted for other reasons, including, but not limited to, evidence of his intent and motive. However, Spencer does not raise those same grounds on appeal. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. My thoughts and prayers are with you in this time of deep sorrow. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. . 897.) TermsPrivacyDisclaimerCookiesDo Not Sell My Information, Begin typing to search, use arrow keys to navigate, use enter to select, Stay up-to-date with FindLaw's newsletter for legal professionals. Mr. Sanders died Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at his residence. Perry was born on November 18, 1950, in Jamestown, NY, the son of the late Gordon and Florence Hollabaugh Spencer. Thats when it hit me I should be dead, he said in 2005. See Dill v. State, 600 So.2d 343 (Ala.Crim.App.1991), aff'd, 600 So.2d 372 (Ala.1992). According to Officer Collins, as he got to the back door, he heard the shooting begin inside the apartment and then felt a slap on his side and on his pistol which was holstered. Receive obituaries from the city or cities of your choice. Ladies and gentlemen, a peace officer-and this is directly out of the Code of Alabama 1975, 13A-3-27. 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. In Pilley this Court provided guidance as to what evidence would be required to form that evidentiary foundation. Copyright 2023, Thomson Reuters. denied, 522 U.S. 969, 118 S.Ct. Officer Collins testified that while on patrol that morning, he heard a radio transmission from Officer Owen indicating that Officer Owen was getting out of his police vehicle at the 1600 block of 18th Street in Ensley to investigate something suspicious or a miscellaneous complaint. Your email address will not be published. 703, 34 L.Ed.2d 669 (1972). Kerry Spencer is a true professional. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002), next argues that his sentence of death is unconstitutional. Kerry Spencer's convictions for four counts of capital murder for the death of Birmingham Police Officers Carlos Owen, Harley A. Chisolm III, and Charles R. Bennett,1 and for the attempted murder of Michael Collins were affirmed by this court on April 4, 2008. We are sad to announce that on October 7, 2021, at the age of 65, Kerry Donald Spencer (Fort Myers, Florida) passed away. Unprisoned will be available to stream on Disney+ from March 10. 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. It wasnt like I had time to say, Oh, you fixing to shoot me. It was a split second decision. I knew it wasnt Nathaniel, and I was like, Who the hell is that? , Spencer continued to fire. More times than not they don't, but sometimes they do., This Court finds that the defendant's story that he shot Officer Bennett out of a mere reaction to his touching his leg defies logic and common sense. See, e.g., Stallworth v. State, 868 So.2d 1128 (Ala.Crim.App.2001) (opinion on return to remand) (if the aggravating circumstance that elevated the punishment to death was also an element of the capital offense, Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. Blanton identified Spencer in court as the suspect taken into custody. At the time the subpoena was requested, two defense witnesses and two rebuttal witnesses for the state had yet to testify.. I, 6, Alabama Constitution of 1901, affords, in pertinent part, an accused the right to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. However, in Smith v. State, 698 So.2d 189 (Ala.Crim.App.1996), this Court stated: To warrant a continuance on the ground that a witness is absent, it must be shown that the expected testimony of the witness is material and competent, that there is a probability that the evidence will be forthcoming if the case is continued, and that the moving party exercised due diligence to secure the evidence. Sgt. Finally, in case no. View Tribute Book Share Your Memory of . [Assistant defense counsel]: He's got a lawyer in his attempted-murder case. Dr. Gary Simmons, a forensic pathologist with the Jefferson County coroner's office, testified that he performed the autopsies on all three officers and concluded that each had died of multiple gunshot wounds. Molton v. State, 651 So.2d 663, 666 (Ala.Crim.App.1994) (Where a defendant clearly objects at the charge conference to the trial court's refusal to give a written requested charge and states specific reasons for that objection, he is not required to renew his objection at the close of the oral instructions to preserve that issue for appellate review.). He was preceded in death by his parents, Odell and Maxine Williams, two half sisters LaDell Williams and Lenora Tipton. Kerry Spencer lit a candle 21/07/2022 Kerry Spencer wrote Missed and loved but thought about daily, a lady whom touched many hearts and made memories that will last in our minds forever Sleep tight and fly free XXXX JKLO Report abuse 21/07/2022 Comment on this message David Spencer wrote I miss you so much Funeral: Private. Spencer bases his argument, however, in large part on the Alabama Supreme Court's holding in Ex parte Minor, 780 So.2d 796 (Ala.2000), which he characterizes as a case in which that Court came close to establishing a per se claim of reversible error when a trial court did not give, sua sponte, a limiting instruction concerning the proper use of bad acts evidence introduced in a capital murder trial. (Spencer's brief at p. Dumas testified that after the officers left he heard Spencer say that if the officers returned he was going to bust em, which he interpreted to mean that Spencer was going to shoot the officers. 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. You know, most folks would have called his lawyer and said, Look, I want to subpoena him. According to Washington, he saw the officers pull up and approach the apartment, but he denied speaking to them, saying that he stayed quiet because there was a warrant for his arrest. See also Harris v. State, 2 So.3d 880 (Ala.Crim.App.2007), and Eatmon v. State, 992 So.2d 64 (Ala.Crim.App.2007). Funeral Home Services for KERRY are being provided by Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home. Here, however, defense counsel conceded that there was conflicting information as to whether Cooper would testify at trial, particularly in light of pending criminal charges against him and the fact that his expected testimony could implicate him in additional criminal activity. We again pretermit our plain-error review of Spencer's death sentence pending the trial court's return to remand. Washington stated that someone inside the apartment and some of the officers engaged in a conversation at the back door of the apartment, that Officer Owen said that they had a warrant, and that he heard someone inside the apartment tell the officers they could not come in without a warrant; he further testified that another officer came from the front to the back door and snatched the door open without saying anything about having a warrant, and the officers then proceeded inside. [I]t is a question for the jury to satisfy itself from all the evidence in the case whether or not the defendant was in imminent and manifest danger either of losing his own life or of suffering grievous bodily harm, or that it appeared so to the mind of a reasonable man. Dilburn v. State, 16 Ala.App. Alabama courts have, in fact, recognized three legal provocations sufficient to reduce murder to manslaughter: (1) when the accused witnesses his or her spouse in the act of adultery; (2) when the accused is assaulted or faced with an imminent assault on himself; and (3) when the accused witnesses an assault on a family member or close relative.. My heart goes out to his family during this trying time. Therefore, in returning a guilty verdict as to the charged capital offense of the murder of two or more people during one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, the jury of necessity unanimously found that that statutory aggravating circumstance had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt, i.e., 13A-5-49(9), Ala.Code 1975. I'll fuck you up. THE COURT: What is it you are asking me to do? Bern, please know that I am with you all. Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. He is preceded in death by Father Jack Spencer, Mother Joyce Spencer, Sister Debra and Brother. Darryl Turner. SERVICES. It was-he pulled his gun up and I already had the weapon in my hand, so I opened fire. (R. 1687.) 190, 192 (1891). (Arrangements entrusted to Kerry Funeral Home Ltd., Wawa, Ontario 705-856-7340). And specifically that Tyran Cooper was a drug supplier. Officer Hugh Butler was the first to go to Collins. The trial court filed an amended sentencing order with this court, and on February 27, 2009, we again remanded this cause to the trial court with instructions that it amend its sentencing order to clarify its findings regarding the nonstatutory mitigating circumstances and the judicial override of the jury's recommendation of life imprisonment without parole. 1682.) You are all in my prayers. Williams testified that she then saw an officer come in with his gun out and she heard a third gunshot. Jerry John Spencer, 75, passed away peacefully in the arms of his loved ones on October 29th, 2021 after a courageous battle with a lengthy illness. Spencer was born on July 23, 1991 to parents Eric and Diane Brown. Dr. Simmons further testified that Officer Owen did not exhibit signs of stippling. 1725-33.) 190 (1892), however unsatisfactory and inconclusive to the judicial mind the evidence of self-defense may appear. The trial court found the existence of four aggravating circumstances: that Spencer knowingly created a great risk of death to many persons in the commission of this crime, 13A-5-49(3), Ala.Code 1975; that the capital offense was committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest or effecting an escape from custody, 13A-5-49(5), Ala.Code 1975; that the capital offense was committed to disrupt or hinder the lawful exercise of a government function or the enforcement of laws, 13A-5-49(7), Ala.Code 1975; and that Spencer intentionally caused the death of two or more persons by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, 13A-5-49(9), Alabama Code 1975. He has three attempted-murder charges against him that are pending. James, Linda, "RAP" and the rest of the family are in our hearts and prayers. Flawless Execution. If you know of an upcoming event for Kerry Donald Spencer, please add one. Jerry Alexander Spencer of Olive Branch, Mississippi, passed away on Friday, October 15, 2021, at the age of 93. Section 13A-6-3, Ala.Code 1975, states, in pertinent part: (a) A person commits the crime of manslaughter if: (2) He causes the death of another person under circumstances that would constitute murder under Section 13A-6-2; except, that he causes the death due to a sudden heat of passion caused by provocation recognized by law, and before a reasonable time for the passion to cool and for reason to reassert itself.. There was simply insufficient evidence from which a jury could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that Spencer was unable to form the requisite intent to commit capital murder, because he was experiencing a disturbance of mental or physical capacities, resulting from drug or alcohol use at the time of the murders. 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. [Defense counsel]: New Hill. Owen was checking to see if a car used by Woods and parked behind his Ensley apartment was stolen. Perry Lee Spencer, 71, of Pittsfield, PA, passed away at the Millcreek Community Hospital in Erie, PA on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, following a recent illness. Log in to a funeral home below and get started. 710.) As noted above, ironically in one of the very cases relied upon by Spencer on appeal, the court's duty to issue subpoenas on an accused's behalf does not require the court to grant a motion for a continuance or a motion for an attachment. Collins went to the hospital to be checked out. He was treated and released. THE COURT: First of all, the officers are there on a lawful arrest warrant. Officer Collins testified that they radioed Officer Chisolm and asked that he come to the back of the apartment to show Woods the printout of the NCIC information and the photograph of Woods from the files. (R. A viewing will be at Omega Funeral & Cremation Service, 223 SE 122nd Ave Portland, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1659.) 1691.) Spencer also filed a motion for reconsideration of the sentences and an amended motion for reconsideration of the sentences. Although the supreme court also stated that a jury recommendation could be overridden based on information that was not known to the jury, it did not state that that was the only circumstance in which a jury recommendation could be overridden. It is well settled that a trial court need not specify in its sentencing order each item of proposed nonstatutory mitigating evidence offered that it considered and found not to be mitigating. Wilson v. State, 777 So.2d 856, 892 (Ala.Crim.App.1999), quoting Williams v. State, 710 So.2d 1276, 1347 (Ala.Crim.App.1996), aff'd, 710 So.2d 1350 (emphasis omitted). Kerry Spencer passed away at age 34 years old on August 6, 2006. God will give you comfort and strength at this time of great loss. It was Dr. 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 that as he lay dying, the defendant shot Officer Bennett point blank in the face, the bullet passing through his brain. He was preceded in death by grandparents Rollin and Lucille Sellers and Raymond Allison. Officer Jody Jacobs of the Birmingham Police Department testified that he interviewed Spencer at the police station after Spencer was taken into custody. This undisputed physical evidence contradicts the testimony of the defendant who testified that he fired the rifle merely as a reaction to Officer Bennett touching his leg. Gunfire erupted. While on patrol, Collins heard Owen talking on the police radio about a complaint on 18th Street in Ensley. CC-04-4383 as to the capital offense of the murder wherein two or more persons are murdered by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, see 13A-5-40(a)(10), the jury unanimously found at least one statutory aggravating circumstance, making Spencer eligible for the death penalty. A massive, tense manhunt followed, and Spencer and Woods were arrested later that day. According to Spencer, Officer Collins arrived on the scene at that time and parked behind Curly's automobile, and Curly walked back to his car. THE COURT: Well, let me ask you a question. Hall v. State, 820 So.2d 113, 121-22 (Ala.Crim.App.1999), aff'd, 820 So.2d 152 (Ala.2001). 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. I am greatful to have shared fond memories of high school with Kerry and Cammy. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), was not violated because the jury's verdict in the guilt phase found that fact to exist beyond a reasonable doubt). Mifflintown, PA 17059. Jerry was born on March 12, 1946 to Gertrude. Kerry is survived by his mother: Bernice Rose & husband Raymond; step-father: Frankie Spencer; father:. The family will receive friends Thursday evening at the funeral home from 6:00 to 8:00pm. He was born March 25, 1934, in Morgan County, to Richard Luther "Dink . However, as Spencer argues in his brief on return to remand, there was evidence presented at trial that Spencer had ingested cocaine, Seraquel, and alcohol on the morning of the shootings. 1430.) According to Rector, a number of fragments recovered during the autopsies of Officers Bennett and Chisolm were fired from the SKS assault rifle; he stated that he conducted a distance study and concluded that the end of the barrel of the SKS assault rifle had been positioned from two to six inches from Officer Bennett's face when that shot was fired. Obviously he's afraid of the police. He stated that Curly was always harassing them. Because the evidence did not support a charge on heat-of-passion manslaughter, the trial court properly rejected Spencer's request for such a charge. 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. denied, 293 Ala. 768, 304 So.2d 268 (1974); Sterrett v. State, 31 Ala.App. When Collins looked again, he was gone. You say he is crucial. See Pilley v. State, 930 So.2d 550, 562 (Ala.Crim.App.2005). In reversing the trial court's decision, this Court stated: The object of the constitutional guarantee of compulsory process is that the court will exercise its power to compel attendance of witnesses. The court did not err in not instructing the jury on intoxication and manslaughter where there was no evidence that the appellant was intoxicated at the time the robbery-murder occurred. '. On April 4, 2008, this Court affirmed Kerry Spencer's convictions for four counts of capital murder for the shooting deaths of Birmingham police officers Carlos Owen, Harley A. Chisolm III, and Charles R. Bennett, and for the attempted murder of Officer Michael Collins; however, we remanded this case for the trial court to amend its sentencing order to clarify its findings regarding the nonstatutory mitigating circumstances and judicial override of the jury's recommendation of life imprisonment without parole, see 13A-5-52 and 13A-5-47(d), Ala.Code 1975, and to reweigh the aggravating circumstances and the mitigating circumstances and to resentence Spencer. At the time of the shootings, 13A-3-23, Ala.Code 1975, provided: (a) A person is justified in using physical force upon another person in order to defend himself or a third person from what he reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person, and he may use a degree of force which he reasonably believes to be necessary for the purpose. 1088.) denied, 252 Ala. 60, 39 So.2d 421 (1949), and where the evidence of intoxication is offered by the State, see Owen v. State, 611 So.2d at 1127-28.'. This court previously pretermitted a plain-error review of Spencer's sentencing proceeding, pending the trial court's return to our remand order. See also Maples v. State, 758 So.2d 1, 23 (Ala.Crim.App. denied, 508 U.S. 953, 113 S.Ct. Spencer further stated that he did not stop shooting until the officers were down. Kerry joint-manager Declan Quill says his team have a target on their backs after they booked their place in the Lidl NFL Division 1 final thanks to another fantastic win . I will continue to lift this family in prayer. 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. Despite Spencer's assertions to the contrary, the instructions did not lessen the State's burden or amount to an affirmative charge for the jury to return a finding of guilt. The appellant, Kerry Spencer, was convicted of four counts of capital murder for his involvement in the shootings of four Birmingham police officers. Spencer had argued in his brief on return to remand that Dr. Gary Simmons testified at trial that, as he was dying, Officer Bennett may have experienced seizures or jerking, resulting in the possibility of Officer Bennett's having touched Spencer. 285, 126 L.Ed.2d 235 (1993).. Officer Collins testified that, as he and Officer Owen walked toward the back door, a man who was working on an automobile parked near the apartment got up and walked away, saying, I don't want no part of this. (R. According to Spencer, he heard something behind him, so he turned, saw someone he later stated he believed to be Officer Chisolm with his gun, and automatically opened fire. (R. 1681) He stated that he turned to the front door and saw another officer, so he shot him as well. Such a holding is consistent with this Court's opinion in Windsor v. State, 683 So.2d 1027, 1037 (Ala.Crim.App.1994), aff'd, 683 So.2d 1042 (Ala.1996), in which we stated: In this case, however, there was no evidence that the appellant was intoxicated. However, given that the statement in the amended sentencing order that Spencer's testimony was the only nonstatutory evidence offered is factually inaccurate, we conclude that a remand for the trial court to clarify its sentencing order is the more appropriate action, given the many levels of judicial scrutiny that occur when a defendant has been convicted of a capital offense and sentenced to death. 2325, 141 L.Ed.2d 699 (1998). ', Broadnax v. State, 825 So.2d 134, 196 (Ala.Crim.App.2000), quoting Pilley v. State, 789 So.2d 870, 882-83 (Ala.Crim.App.1998). 24; Cosby v. State, 269 Ala. 501, 114 So.2d 250. Payne v. State, 48 Ala.App. As to the trial court's findings concerning the nonstatutory mitigating circumstances, in his second amended sentencing order the trial court states that Spencer presented evidence indicating that he was sorry for these crimes and he apologized to the victims' families. Funeral: 12 Feb 2019, Cheltenham. JUST KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. That subpoena was returned unserved on May 23, 2005, because Cooper had not been located. Westmoreland Funeral & Cremation Services 828-668 3161 190, 192 (1892) (error to charge jury that from certain facts they might reasonably infer that defendant was not in imminent danger). Copyright 2023 Echovita Inc. All rights reserved. In the 21st century, it's not just urns and gravestones anymore. They told Woods to come out. Just dont spray me with that mace.. Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) CC-04-4130, Spencer was convicted of intentionally causing the death of Harley A. Chisolm III, by shooting him with a firearm while Chisolm was on duty as a police officer, a violation of 13A-5-40(a)(5), Ala.Code 1975. Further, Spencer's actions contributed to the earlier confrontations with the officers; he made statements between the earlier encounter and the fatal encounter indicating that he would kill the officers if they returned. He graduated from. We can't even get in touch with his lawyer. Photos Add a photo Rather, the trial court adequately protected Spencer's rights, including granting Spencer an overnight continuance to the following morning, and then conducting a thorough discussion on the record as to the status of the defense's efforts to locate the witness, the expected testimony of the witness, and the likelihood of the witness taking the stand if located. Rather, he now argues that the trial court's giving the State's requested instructions eight and nine and refusing the defense's requested instructions on self-defense, provocation, and felonious arrest was in essence an affirmative charge for the jury to return a finding of guilt and reduced the State's overall burden of proof. Thus, the trial court clearly considered this evidence presented by Spencer when determining that this mitigating circumstance did not exist. God is with you during this your time of sorrow. King v. State, 71 Ala. 1, 4 (1881). Spencer then said he had his AK and that the officers came into the apartment with their guns for no reason spraying Mace, so he shot everyone who was pointing a gun at him. As Spencer correctly argues, there was additional nonstatutory mitigating evidence offered by the defense; Spencer's mother and uncle testified at the sentencing hearing about Spencer's upbringing and demeanor. Cochran v. State, 500 So.2d 1161 (Ala.Crim.App.1984), aff'd in pertinent part, remanded on other part, 500 So.2d 1179 (Ala.1985), aff'd on return to remand, 500 So.2d 1188 (Ala.Cr.App. Spencer stated that Nate told him at that time that he had been sprayed with Mace, and Spencer noticed a big knot on Nate's forehead. However, with regard to the sentencing order, although the trial court made thorough and specific findings of fact regarding the statutory aggravating circumstances and statutory mitigating circumstances, it did not make specific findings of fact regarding the existence or nonexistence of nonstatutory mitigating circumstances offered pursuant to 13A-5-52. At catcher, Jake Rogers will have to fend off a challenge from Donny Sands and possibly. It is the finding of this court that death is the proper sentence in this case. 1088-89.). denied, 481 U.S. 1033, 107 S.Ct. 740, 743, cert. (R. This was the sum total of the non-statutory mitigating evidence offered by [Spencer]. Dr. Simmons testified that Officer Bennett exhibited signs of soot and stippling to his skin, which indicated that one of the bullets was fired at close range to his face. Coon v. State, 494 So.2d 184, 187 (Ala.Crim.App.1986) (quoting Government of the Virgin Islands v. Carmona, 422 F.2d 95, 99 n. 6 (3d Cir.1970)). 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