Legal Opinion
Clark v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 22, 1996No. CR-94-1544PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The appellant, Andrew Bert Clark, was convicted of murder made capital because the murder occurred during the course of a robbery, see § 13A-5-40 (a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975. The jury, by a vote of 9 to 3, recommended that Clark be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. The trial court, pursuant to § 13A-5-47 (e), overrode the jury's recommendation and sentenced Clark to death by electrocution.
The state's evidence tended to show that on April 20,…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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