Beck v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
365 So.2d 985 (1978)
Gilbert Franklin BECK, alias
v.
STATE.
7 Div. 560.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
April 4, 1978.
Rehearing Denied May 2, 1978.
James F. Hinton and Donald W. Stewart, Gadsden, for appellant.
William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and James F. Hampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, appellee.
DeCARLO, Judge.
Capital felony; death.
This cause is before this court under the Automatic Appeal Act; Act No. 213, Acts of Alabama, 1975, which mandates that appellant, Gilbert Franklin Beck's death sentence set by the circuit court of Etowah County, be reviewed by this court.
It is an appeal from…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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