Ex Parte Melson

Robert Melson was convicted in the Etowah County Circuit Court on three counts of murder made capital because the killings were committed during the course of a robbery in the first degree (§ 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975); one count of murder made capital because it involved the murder of two or more persons by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct (§13A-5-40(a)(10)); one count of attempted murder (§ 13A-4-2); and one count of robbery in the first degree (§ 13A-8-41). The murder convictions were based on the deaths of three people. The circuit court sentenced him to death.…