Hunt v. State

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The appellant, Hunt, was indicted and convicted for the capital offense of "[m]urder in the first degree when the killing was done for a pecuniary or other valuable consideration or pursuant to a contract for hire." Ala. Code § 13A-5-31 (a)(7) (1975). Sentence was life imprisonment without parole. The evidence presented at trial established that Hunt and Danny Ray Williams1 stalked the victim, James A. Taylor, for several months pursuant to a contract for hire…