Bracewell v. State

AFTER REMANDMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

Charles Bracewell, the appellant herein, was convicted of the capital offense of robbing and murdering Rex Carnley, whose body was found inside his rural store near Opp, Alabama, where he had been shot numerous times in the face and head with his own .22 caliber pistol. The trial court held a separate sentencing hearing and sentenced the appellant to death by electrocution.

The trial court's judgment of conviction was eventually reversed and remanded by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on the authority of Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S.…