Beech v. State

David B. Beech was tried for and convicted of capital murder pursuant to § 13A-5-31 (a)(10), Code of Alabama 1975. The appellant was found guilty of murdering James Evans and Joseph Couey "by one or a series of acts" wherein the victims were brutally beaten and repeatedly stabbed with a knife and each victim's throat was slashed.

In a separate sentencing hearing the trial court, pursuant to the jury's recommendation, sentenced the appellant to life imprisonment without parole.

The victims were discovered just after 7:00 on the morning of July 27, 1980, in Room 15 at the Taylor Motel in Mobile.…