Carter v. State

On Remand from the Alabama Supreme Court

Triona Ann Carter was charged with murder made capital because two or more people were killed pursuant to one course of conduct. §13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala. Code 1975. She was tried by a jury and was convicted of murder and manslaughter, violations of §§ 13A-6-2 and13A-6-3, Ala. Code 1975, respectively. She was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder conviction and to 20 years' imprisonment on the manslaughter conviction. This Court reversed the convictions and remanded the case for a new trial, based on its determination that the trial court erred when…