Magwood v. State

Kenneth Earl Magwood was convicted of capital murder, § 13A-5-31(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975, in 1982. He was sentenced to death. In 1985, his conviction and sentence were affirmed by this court in Magwood v. State, 494 So.2d 124 (Ala.Cr.App. 1985). The Alabama Supreme Court also affirmed his conviction and death sentence in Ex parte Magwood, 494 So.2d 154 (Ala. 1986). The United States Supreme Court denied Magwood's petition for a writ of certiorari. Magwood v. Alabama,479 U.S. 995, 107 S.Ct. 599, 93 L.Ed.2d 599 (1986).

In February 1987, Magwood petitioned for a writ of error coram nobis. In…