Sharifi v. State

KELLUM, Judge.

Mohammad Sharifi appeals the circuit court's summary dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R. Crim. P., in which he attacked his capital-murder conviction and sentence of death.

In 2005, Sharifi was convicted of capital murder for the murders of Sarah Kay Smith Sharifi, his estranged wife, and Derrick Brown by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct. See § 13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala. Code 1975. By a vote of 10-2, the jury recommended that Sharifi be sentenced to death for his capital-murder conviction. The trial court…