Legal Opinion
Shaw v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 18, 2014No. CR-10-1502PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOINER, Judge.
Aubrey Lynn Shaw was convicted of murdering 83-year-old Doris Gilbert and 79-year-old Robert Gilbert during the course of a burglary and pursuant to one act or course of conduct, offenses defined as capital by §§ 13A-5-10(a)(4) and 13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala.Code 1975, respectively. The jury, by a vote of 10 to 2, recommended that Shaw be sentenced to death. The circuit court followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Shaw to death.
The State’s evidence tended to show that on August 20, 2007, police were dispatched to the Gilberts’ residence in the Gilbert Stables community after…
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