Busby v. State

Appellant was charged with capital murder pursuant to a contract for hire under § 13-11-2 (7), Code of Alabama 1975. The indictment alleged that she had agreed to pay one Terry Lewis and one Dennis Cross approximately $10,000 to shoot her husband, Houston Busby.

After a trial during which the court instructed the jury on the lesser included offenses of murder and manslaughter as mandated by Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S.Ct. 2382,65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980), after remand, Beck v. State, 396 So.2d 645 (1980), appellant was found not guilty of the capital offense but guilty of the offense of…