Melson v. State

On April 25, 1996, the appellant, Robert Bryant Melson, was convicted of three counts of robbery-murder because he committed the murders during the course of a robbery, see §13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975; one count of capital murder because he murdered two or more people by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, see § 13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala. Code 1975; one count of attempted murder; and one count of first-degree robbery. On April 16, 1996, the jury recommended, by a vote of 10-2, that he be sentenced to death on the robbery-murder convictions. The trial court accepted the…