Legal Opinion
Lane v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided November 8, 2013No. CR-10-1343PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURKE, Judge.
Anthony Lane was convicted of murder made capital because it was committed during the course of a robbery in the first degree, see § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 10-2, recommended that Lane be sentenced to death. The trial court accepted the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Lane to death. This appeal follows.
Facts
The State’s evidence tended to show the following. At approximately 9:00 p.m., on May 22, 2009, Frank Wright’s body was found at a self-serve car wash in Birmingham. According to Officer Gregory Everett of the Birmingham Police Department,…
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