Davis v. State

COBB, Judge.

The appellant, Jimmy Davis, Jr., an inmate on death row at Holman Correctional Facility, appeals the denial of his petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P. In 1993, Davis was convicted of murdering Johnny Hazle, a gas station attendant at a Direct Oil gasoline service station in Anniston, during the course of a robbery. The jury, by a vote of 11-1, recommended that Davis be sentenced to death. The circuit court followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Davis to death. Davis appealed. On October 20, 1995, we remanded the case for the…