Beck v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Earl Van Ransselaer Beck was indicted for the offense of murder in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant “guilty as charged in the indictment,” and the trial judge sentenced the appellant to life imprisonment without parole, as a habitual felony offender. Ala.Code § 13A-5-9 (1975).

I

The appellant contends that the trial judge erred when he considered prior convictions of the appellant from the State of Arizona.

At the sentencing hearing, the State offered evidence of three prior felony convictions of the appellant from the State of Arizona. Two…