LAWHORN v. STATE

7 Div. 281.

581 So.2d 1159 (1990)

James Charles LAWHORN v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hank Fannin and Mark Smith Nelson, Talladega, for appellant.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Robert E. Lusk, Jr. and William D. Little, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant, James Charles Lawhorn, was indicted, by the May 1988 term of the Talladega County grand jury, for the capital offense of murder of William Clarence Berry pursuant to a contract for hire, with Altion Maxine Walker, consideration being $100. Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-5-40(a)(7). On April 26, 1989, after deliberating for 35 minutes, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged. A sentencing hearing was conducted, in accordance with...

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