Youngblood v. State

The appellant, Youngblood, was indicted for the capital offense of murder in the first degree while sentenced to imprisonment for life. Alabama Code Section 13-1-75 (1975). His conviction, based on a guilty plea, was reversed by this Court in Youngblood v. State, 372 So.2d 34 (Ala.Cr.App. 1979). On remand, a jury convicted him of capital murder and fixed sentence at death. That conviction was voided by the circuit court under Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S.Ct. 2382,65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980), when it granted Youngblood's petition for writ of error coram nobis.

Youngblood was originally…