Ex Parte Adkins

Jan 21, 1994
1921371
Reporters:
,
Before:
Almon

Having reviewed the record, the briefs and oral arguments of the parties, the ‍​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‍opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 639 So.2d 515, and the applicable law, we find no reversible error.

Furthermore, in accord with Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-5-53, we have reviewed ‍​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‍the sentence of death, independently weighing the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, and we do not find that the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of ‍​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‍passion, prejudice, or any other arbitrary factor, nor do we find that the sentence of death was excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar ‍​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‍cases, considering both the crime and the defendant.

We therefore affirm the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals, which affirmed the judgment of conviction and the sentence ‍​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‍of death.

AFFIRMED.

HORNSBY, C.J., and MADDOX, SHORES, HOUSTON, STEAGALL, KENNEDY, INGRAM and COOK, JJ., concur.