Ex Parte Cochran

This death penalty case has been before this Court on one previous occasion. In Ex parte Cochran, 500 So.2d 1179 (Ala. 1985), we affirmed defendant Cochran's conviction of robbery when the victim is intentionally killed, but we reversed his death sentence on the grounds that we could not tell whether the trial court had considered as evidence mitigating factors offered by the defendant. Our opinion stated, "For the reasons stated in part ten (X), we remand this cause to the Court of Criminal Appeals for that court to order a new sentencing hearing, at which the trial judge is required to…