Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 7, 2009No. CR-05-2050PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AVISE, Presiding Judge.
The appellant, Melvin Davis, appeals the denial of his petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P. In 1998, Davis was convicted of capital murder for killing John Bradley and Timothy Ray during one act or pursuant to one course of conduct and during the course of a burglary, of the attempted murder of Eugene Smith, and of conspiracy to murder Charlie Boswell, Jr. He was sentenced to death. Davis’s convictions and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. See Davis v. State, 804 So.2d 1153 (Ala.Crim.App.2000). This Court issued the…
2Cases cited72 opinions
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