Davis v. State

BURKE, Judge.

Emmett Leroy Davis was convicted of one count of intentional murder, see § 13A-6-2(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975, and one count of felony murder (robbery), see § 13A-6-2(a)(3), Ala. Code 1975, resulting from the killing of Helen Mayo. Davis was sentenced to 99 years' imprisonment on each conviction; the sentences were ordered to run consecutively.

Because Davis does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, only a brief recitation of the facts is necessary. On December 3, 2012, emergency personnel found 87-year-old Mayo with severe blunt-force trauma to the face inside her home in…