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EX PARTE SOCKWELL

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675 So.2d 38 (1995)

Ex parte Michael A. SOCKWELL. (In re Michael Anthony Sockwell v. State of Alabama.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry J. Fisher, Atlanta, Georgia, and David G. Flack, Montgomery, for petitioner.

Jeff Sessions, Atty. Gen., and Gilda Branch Williams, Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondent.

BUTTS, Justice.

Michael Sockwell was convicted of murder made capital by Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-5-40(a)(7), based on the shooting death of Isaiah Harris. After a sentencing hearing, the jury recommended life imprisonment without the possibility of parole; however, the trial court overrode that recommendation and sentenced Sockwell to death by electrocution. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence. Sockwell v. State,

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