Washington v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Petitioner was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree on August 27, 1968, and sentenced to death in the electric chair. For errors of law committed during his murder trial, the Supreme Court of Alabama reversed and remanded the case on August 5, 1971. 287 Ala. 289, 251 So.2d 592. During this three-year period, Petitioner was on “death row.” There were other criminal offenses pending against him in the Circuit Court of Houston County, including assault to murder, leaving the scene of an accident, and grand larceny.

After the murder case was reversed, the State of…