Ex Parte Clark
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
We granted Andrew Bert Clark's petition for the writ of certiorari to review his capital murder conviction and his sentence of death by electrocution.
Facts
Clark was convicted for murder made capital pursuant to §13A-5-40 (2), Ala. Code 1975, because the murder occurred during the commission of a first degree robbery. Following a sentencing hearing, the jury, by a 9 to 3 vote, recommended that Clark be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. The trial judge, pursuant to the authority given him by § 13A-5-47(e), overrode the jury's recommendation of life without parole and sentenced…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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