Legal Opinion
Benjamin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 20, 2013No. CR-10-1832PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLUM, Judge.
Brandyn Josephe Benjamin, currently an inmate at Holman Correctional Facility on Alabama’s death row, appeals the circuit court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P.
*429In 2004, Benjamin was convicted of murdering Jimmie Lewis during the course of a first-degree robbery, a murder defined as capital by § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975. The jury recommended, by a vote of 10 to 2, that Benjamin be sentenced to death. The circuit court followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Benjamin to death. After remanding Benjamin’s…
2Cases cited115 opinions
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- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by11 opinions
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