Legal Opinion
Hooks v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 29, 2008No. CR-04-2220PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELCH, Judge.
Joseph B. Hooks, currently an inmate on death row at Holman Correctional Facility, appeals the circuit court’s denial of his petition for postconviction relief.
In 1985, Hooks was convicted of murdering Donald Bergquist and Hannelore Bergquist during the course of a robbery. The jury recommended, by a vote of 7 to 5, that Hooks be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The circuit court chose not to follow the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Hooks to death. Hooks’s conviction and death sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. See Hooks v. State, 584…
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3Cited by26 opinions
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