Cook v. State

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The appellant was indicted under the Alabama Death Penalty Act for robbery when the victim is intentionally killed and convicted as charged. Code of Alabama 1975, Section 13-11-2 (Code of Alabama 1940, Recompiled 1958, T. 15, § 342 (4), 1975 Interim Supplement). Punishment was fixed at death.

On Friday, August 26, 1976, at approximately 6:45 A.M., the appellant was seen pacing back and forth, as if waiting for someone, immediately across the street and in front of…