Ex Parte Holladay

Glenn Holladay, the defendant herein, was indicted and convicted under Alabama's 1981 capital punishment statute, Ala. Code 1975, §§ 13A-5-39 through 13A-5-59. For the murders of Rebecca Ledbetter Holladay, David Robinson, and Larry Thomas, Jr., he received the death penalty pursuant to §13A-5-40(a)(10), which authorizes that penalty upon a conviction of "[m]urder wherein two or more persons are murdered by the defendant by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct." The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the defendant's conviction. See Holladay v. State,549 So.2d 122…