Watkins v. State

I believe that the trial court’s denial of Darryl Travis Watkins’s Rule 20, Ala.R.Cr. P., petition should be affirmed; therefore, I would reverse the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals remanding this case to the trial court. See Watkins v. State, 632 So.2d 555 (Ala.Crim.App.1992).

This case has a long history, and that history should be reviewed for a proper perspective on the September 30, 1992, opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals:

1. In 1982 Watkins was convicted of murder and was sentenced to death for the 1980 killing of 79-year-old Milton Mayfield during a robbery.

2. The Court…