McGinnis v. State

This appeal is from the retrial of Ted Allen McGinnis, Jr., for the capital murder of Florence Kahler, who was stabbed to death during the burglary of her home. The original trial, the appeal from which is reported as McGinnis v. State,382 So.2d 605 (Ala.Cr.App. 1979), cert. denied, 382 So.2d 609 (Ala. 1980), resulted in a conviction for the capital felony as charged, and a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. This original conviction was reversed on mandate of Beck v.Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S.Ct. 2383, 65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980), on remand, 396 So.2d 645 (Ala. 1981), and Ritter v.…