Court Opinion

ID: 7525744
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 05:02:07.479158+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:38:25.237729
License: Public Domain

Beck and Ritter, supra, were both cases where the death penalty was imposed. I would not extend the rationale of those opinions to apply to a case where the death penalty was not imposed. The United States Supreme Court applies a higher standard of review to death cases than to those where only imprisonment is imposed, and I respectfully refuse to extend their Beck decision beyond the bounds of the issues decided. Until that court or the Alabama Supreme Court rules directly on the issue in this non-capital case, I must disagree with my brethren in their instant application of Beck and Ritter.
BOWEN, J., joins in dissent. *Page 1322