Ex Parte Stephens
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
Stanley Stephens was convicted of the intentional murder of his wife, Annie, and his nine-year-old son, Nicholas. The murder was made capital because two or more persons were murdered by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct. § 13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala. Code 1975. By a vote of 10-2, the jury in its advisory verdict recommended that Stephens be sentenced to death. The trial court accepted the jury's recommendation and sentenced him to death. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Stephens's conviction and sentence.Stephens v. State, 982 So.2d 1110 (Ala.Crim.App. 2005).
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