Legal Opinion
Van Pelt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 14, 2015No. CR-12-0703PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLUM, Judge.
Kim Van Pelt appeals the circuit court’s summary dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., in which he attacked' his capital-murder conviction and his resulting sentence of death.
In December 2006, Van Pelt was convicted of capital murder pursuant to § 13A-5-40(a)(7), Ala.Code 1975, for murdering his wife, Sandra Marie Ozment Van Pelt, for pecuniary gain and was sentenced to death. This Court affirmed Van Pelt’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Vanpelt v. State, 74 So.3d 32 (Ala.Crim. App.2009).1 The Alabama Supreme…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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