Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 25, 2012No. CR-08-1583PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURKE, Judge.
Willie B. Smith III appeals the circuit court’s denial of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief challenging his May 7, 1992, conviction of two counts of capital murder and the resulting sentence of death. Smith was convicted of the intentional murder of Sharma Ruth Johnson during a kidnapping, § 13A-5-40(a)(1), Ala.Code 1975, and the intentional murder of Sharma Ruth Johnson during a robbery, § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975. The facts of this case are set out in this Court’s opinion on return to remand. See Smith v. State, 838 So.2d 413, 421-25…
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3Cited by12 opinions
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