Horsley v. State

The appellant, Edward Horsley, Jr., appeals the trial court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P.

In 1977, the appellant was convicted of murder made capital because the murder was committed during the course of a robbery. The appellant was sentenced to death by electrocution, and the state appellate courts affirmed the appellant's conviction. Horsley v. State, 374 So.2d 363 (Ala.Cr.App. 1978), aff'd, 374 So.2d 375 (Ala. 1979). The United States Supreme Court vacated this state's affirmance of the case and remanded the case for…