Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Hart
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 25, 1992No. 1910849PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
* Reporter of Decisions' note: The petition for the writ of certiorari was filed under the name "Gary Davis Hart," without the "II" following that name.
Gary Davis Hart II was convicted of the capital offense of murder during a robbery in the first degree; §13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975. Hart was given a bifurcated trial, in accordance with § 13A-5-43. After the punishment phase of the trial, the jury returned its advisory verdict recommending death, with 11 votes "for death" and 1 vote "for life without the possibility of parole." The trial court found that one statutory aggravating…
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