McCray v. State

The appellant, Willie C. McCray, was indicted for the capital offense of murder during the course of a robbery in the first degree, see 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975, and for theft of property in the first degree, a violation of 13A-8-3, Ala. Code 1975. The jury returned verdicts finding McCray guilty of felony murder, as a lesser included offense of capital murder, and of theft in the first degree, as charged in the indictment. McCray was sentenced, as a habitual felony offender, to life imprisonment without parole for the felony murder conviction and to life imprisonment for the theft…