Beecher v. State

*677EMBRY, Justice.

Petition for writ of certiorari was granted and we here review the Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision in Beecher v. State, 55 Ala.App.-, 320 So.2d 716, 8 Div. 426 (1974), which upheld the third conviction of petitioner for murder in the first degree.

The former trials resulted in reversals on appeal. Beecher v. State, 280 Ala. 283, 193 So.2d 505 (1967), rev’d 389 U.S. 35, 88 S.Ct. 189, 19 L.Ed.2d 35 (1967); Beecher v. State, 288 Ala. 1, 256 So.2d 154 (1971), rev’d 408 U.S. 234, 92 S.Ct. 2282, 33 L.Ed. 2d 317 (1972). These cases fully report the overall facts. We will discuss…