Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Smith
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 21, 2000No. 1971580PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Application for Rehearing
The opinion of July 30, 1999, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefore.
Ronald Bert Smith, Jr., was charged with and convicted of the capital murder of Casey Wilson. The jury recommended, by a vote of 7 to 5, a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The trial judge, however, sentenced Smith to death, and the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Smith's conviction and sentence. Smith v. State, 756 So.2d 892, 904 (Ala.Crim.App. 1998). This Court granted Smith's petition for certiorari review and heard oral arguments.
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