Legal Opinion
Townes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 18, 2015No. CR–10–1892PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINDOM, Presiding Judge.
This Court's opinion of June 13, 2014, is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor.
Tawuan Townes appeals his conviction for capital murder and his sentence of death. Townes was convicted of murder made capital for intentionally killing Christopher Woods during the course of a burglary. See § 13A-5-40(a)(4), Ala.Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 10-2, recommended that Townes be sentenced to death. The Houston Circuit Court accepted the jury's recommendation and sentenced Townes to death.
Facts
Townes had plans to rob Woods, a known drug dealer. Woods…
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