Ex Parte Drinkard
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
On Application for Rehearing
The opinion of November 19, 1999, is withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted therefor.
A jury convicted Gary Drinkard of murder made capital because it was committed during a robbery in the first degree. Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-5-40(a)(2). Drinkard waived his right to a sentencing hearing before the jury. At his sentencing hearing before the judge, Drinkard spoke in his own behalf, but offered no evidence of mitigating circumstances; the trial court sentenced him to death. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence. Drinkard v.…
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