Nichols v. State

McMILLAN, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the capital offense of murder during a robbery in the first degree or attempt thereof. See § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975. Following a sentencing hearing, the jury recommended that he be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Thereafter, the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole.

*1246The appellant argues that he was denied due process of the law, a fair trial, and the effective assistance of counsel because, he says, he was denied the right to discuss the case, prior to trial, with the State’s witnesses.…