Watkins v. State

ON RETURN TO REMAND

Darryl Watkins, convicted in 1982 for the capital offense of murder committed during the course of a robbery and sentenced to death, appealed the circuit court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to Ala.R.Cr.P. Temp. 20 (Ala.R.Cr.P. 32). On original submission of that judgment for our review, we held that Watkins's appellate counsel should have moved to supplement the record when his conviction and sentence were before the Alabama Supreme Court with facts to support his argument that the prosecution used its peremptory strikes in violation of Batson…