Smith v. State

The appellant was convicted of capital murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. His conviction was affirmed by this Court. Smith v. State, 531 So.2d 1245 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987). Thereafter, the appellant filed the instant petition for relief under Rule 20, A.R.Cr.P., arguing as grounds the following: (1) the facially race-neutral reasons offered for the prosecution's peremptory strikes were insufficient to disprove discrimination; (2) an in-court identification of the appellant was tainted by unfairly suggestive line-up procedures; (3) the appellant's counsel was ineffective…