Legal Opinion
Ex parte Smith
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 14, 2003No. 1010267PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STUART, Justice.
Jerry Jerome Smith was convicted of “[mjurder wherein two or more persons are murdered by the defendant by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct.” § 13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala.Code 1975. The jury recommended, by a vote of 11 to 1, that Smith be sentenced to death. After a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced Smith to death.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Smith’s conviction, but remanded the case for the trial court to address deficiencies and errors in the sentencing order. Smith v. State, 213 So.3d 108 (Ala.Crim.App.2000). The trial court amended…
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