Lorance v. State

Ken Lorance was convicted of two counts of murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Lorance to life imprisonment and ordered him to pay court costs, attorney's fees, and $100 to the victims compensation fund. On appeal, Lorance argues: (1) that the trial court erred by denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal because, he says, there was a fatal variance between the offenses alleged in the indictment and the evidence presented at trial; (2) that his earlier conviction for kidnapping arising from the same incident against the same person precludes his…