Ford v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
515 So.2d 34 (1986)
Pernell FORD, alias
v.
STATE.
7 Div. 327.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
February 25, 1986.
Rehearing Denied March 25, 1986.
Merrill Vardaman and John Thomason, Anniston, for appellant.
Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and William D. Little, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
BOWEN, Presiding Judge.
In 1984, Pernell Ford was indicted and convicted for the capital murders of Linda Gail Griffith and Willie C. Griffith, committed during the course of a burglary, a violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(4), Code of Alabama 1975. Sentence was death by electrocution.
The trial court's findings of…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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