McMILLAN, Retired Appellate Judge.
The appellant, Vernon Lamar Yancey, was convicted of murdering Mattie "Pee-Wee" Sports during a robbery of Tyler's Grocery Store, in violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala.Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 7 to 5, recommended that Yancey be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Thereafter, a sentencing hearing was held before the trial court, and the trial judge overrode the jury's advisory verdict and...
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