BECKWORTH v. STATE

CR-02-1077.

946 So.2d 490 (2005)

Rex Allen BECKWORTH v. STATE of Alabama.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 2005.

Certiorari Denied June 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott K. Hedeen, Dothan, for appellant.

William E. Pryor, Jr., and Troy King, attys. gen., and J. Clayton Crenshaw and Stephen Shows, asst. attys. gen., for appellee.


Alabama Supreme Court 1050371.

COBB, Judge.

Rex Allen Beckworth appeals from his capital-murder conviction and death sentence. He was convicted of murder made capital because it was committed during the course of a burglary, a violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(4), Ala.Code 1975, for his participation in the beating and shooting death of 87-year-old Bessie Lee Thweatt while she was in her home. The jury recommended by a 10-2 vote that Beckworth be punished by...

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