Ex Parte Woods

On August 14, 1997, Fredrick D. Woods was convicted of murder made capital because the murder was committed during the course of a first-degree robbery, see § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975. On August 15, 1997, by a vote of 10-2, the jury recommended that Woods be sentenced to death. After conducting a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced Woods to death. Woods appealed, and his conviction and sentence were affirmed.Woods v. State, 789 So.2d 896 (Ala.Crim.App. 1999), aff'd, 789 So.2d 941 (Ala. 2001).

On July 26, 2002, Woods filed a petition for postconviction relief, pursuant to Rule…