Lynch v. State

BURKE, Judge.

Ocíe Lee Lynch was convicted of six counts of capital murder: four counts of murder for hire or pecuniary gain, see § 13A-5-40(a)(7), Ala.Code 1975; and two counts of murder during a burglary, see § 13A-5^0(a)(4), Ala.Code 1975. Thereafter, a sentencing hearing was held and the jury returned an advisory verdict recommending, by a vote of 10 to 2, the death penalty. A separate sentencing hearing was held before the trial judge, who sentenced Lynch to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

On July 27, 2011, at around 7:00 in the evening, Officer Jason Jenkins, of the…