West v. State

The appellant, Geoffrey Todd West, was convicted of robbery-murder, a violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975. By a vote of 10-2, the jury recommended that the appellant be sentenced to death. The trial court accepted the jury's recommendation and sentenced the appellant to death. This court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal, see West v. State,793 So.2d 870 (Ala.Crim.App. 2000); the Alabama Supreme Court denied his petition for certiorari review; and the United States Supreme Court denied his petition for certiorari review, seeWest v. Alabama, 534 U.S. 849, 122 S.Ct. 116, 151…