Bankhead v. State

The appellant, Grady Archie Bankhead, was convicted of the robbery-homicide of Jack David McGraw, a capital offense as defined by § 13A-5-40(a)(10), Code of Alabama 1975. Following a sentence hearing, the jury recommended a sentence of death. The trial court, after complying with § 13A-5-47, Code of Alabama 1975, sentenced the appellant to death by electrocution.

The evidence tended to show that on the morning of May 26, 1986, Jimmy Davenport and his brother-in-law, James Bynum, met Gary Leon Brown and the appellant at the appellant's house and set out to go fishing. They fished for most of…