Turner v. State

WINDOM, Presiding Judge.

Lameca Dechawn Turner appeals his conviction for capital murder and his sentence of death. Turner was convicted of murder made capital for taking the life of Prakaschandra Shah during the course of a robbery. See § 18A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 11-1, recommended that Turner be sentenced to death. The circuit court followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Turner to death.

For the most part, the facts of Turner’s crime are uncontested. On April 20, 2004, Hepal Shah, Shah’s son-in-law, was working at the Petro Southeast Mini-Mart…