Ex Parte Hatfield

BOLIN, Justice.

Jeffery Hatfield was convicted of the capital offense of murder committed during a burglary, a violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(4), Ala.Code 1975. The trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Hatfield appealed. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Hatfield’s conviction and sentence in an unpublished memorandum. (No. CR-06-1613, Dec. 7, 2007), 19 So.3d 265 (Ala.Crim.App.2007) (table). Hatfield subsequently petitioned this Court for a writ of certiorari, and we granted certiorari review to address whether the decision of the Court of Criminal…