Lawhorn v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant, Mac O’Neal Lawhorn, was indicted, by the March 1989 term of the Talladega County grand jury, for the capital offense of murder of William Clarence Berry pursuant to a contract for hire, with Altion Maxine Walker, consideration being $40. Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-5-40(a)(7). On June 23, 1989, a jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged. A sentencing hearing was conducted, in accordance with §§ 13A-5-45 and -46, and the jury returned an advisory verdict, based on a vote of 11 to 1, recommending to the trial court that the penalty be life imprisonment without the…