Walker v. State

Darrell Bernard Walker was convicted for the first degree murder of Charles Phillips and sentenced to life imprisonment. This was Walker's second trial and conviction for this offense. His first conviction was affirmed on appeal, Walker v. State,386 So.2d 762 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 386 So.2d 765 (Ala. 1980).

Although there is nothing in the record to evidence the fact, the Attorney General states that the defendant's 1979 conviction was overturned by the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on September 30, 1988, because of the district attorney's violation of the…