Grimsley v. State

Olin Grimsley, the appellant, was indicted for the capital offense defined in Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-5-40(a)(2), involving the murder and robbery of 68-year-old Ella Foy Riley. He was convicted of the lesser included offense of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment.2 The appellant raises 16 issues on this appeal from that conviction.

I

The appellant argues that his pretrial motion to dismiss the indictment should have been granted because the State violated his attorney-client privilege by obtaining a statement made by the appellant to an investigator for a prospective defense counsel. A…