Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Apicella
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 30, 2001No. 1992273PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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On the night of October 16, 1994, Anthony Apicella and a co-defendant, who was later tried separately, robbed the Changing Times lounge in Birmingham. During the course of that robbery, five people were murdered. Apicella was convicted of capital murder, under §13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala. Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of eight to four, recommended that Apicella be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. After a delay of 14 months, the trial court overrode the…
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