Ex Parte Taylor

Jarrod Taylor was convicted on four counts of capital murder, see § 13A-5-40(a)(2) and (10), Ala. Code 1975, for the murders of Sherry Gaston, Bruce Gaston, and Steve Dyas during the commission of a first-degree robbery. The jury recommended, by a 7-5 vote, that Taylor be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. The trial judge overrode the jury's recommendation and sentenced Taylor to death by electrocution. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and the death sentence. Taylor v. State,808 So.2d 1148 (Ala.Crim.App. 2000). This Court granted Taylor's petition for…