Ex Parte Adams

We hereby suspend the provisions of Rule 39(g) and (h), Ala. R.App. P., allowing the petitioner and the respondent to file briefs and request oral argument, and we summarily grant the writ solely to address the propriety of Renaldo Chante Adams's sentence. Adams was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering Melissa Mills during the course of a robbery, rape, and burglary. On appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Adams's conviction and his sentence of death. Adams v.State, 955 So.2d 1037 (Ala.Crim.App. 2003).

In Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551, 125 S.Ct. 1183,161 L.Ed.2d 1 (2005),…