WILLIAMS v. STATE

CR-98-1734.

795 So.2d 753 (1999)

Marcus Bernard WILLIAMS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Morgan III, Birmingham; and Dennis L. Rushing, Ashville, for appellant.

Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and A. Vernon Barnett IV, asst. atty. gen., for appellee.


BASCHAB, Judge.

The appellant, Marcus Bernard Williams, was convicted of capital murder for the killing of Melanie Dawn Rowell. The murder was made capital because the appellant committed it during a rape or an attempted rape. See § 13A-5-40(a)(3), Ala.Code 1975. After a sentencing hearing, the jury recommended, by a vote of 11-1, that the appellant be sentenced to death. The trial court accepted the jury's recommendation and sentenced the appellant to...

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