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- Title: Melson V. State
- Author : Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
- Release Date : January 26, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 99 KB
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The appellant, Robert Bryant Melson, was convicted of three counts of murder made capital because the killings were committed during the course of a robbery in the first degree, see § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975; one count of murder made capital because it involved the murder of two or more persons by one act or pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, see § 13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala. Code 1975; one count of attempted murder, see §§ 13A-6-2 and 13A-4-2, Ala. Code 1975; and one count of robbery in the first degree, see § 13A-8-41, Ala. Code 1975. The jury recommended, by a vote of 10-2, that Melson be sentenced to death for his three convictions for the capital offense of murder during the course of a robbery. The trial court accepted the jury's recommendation and sentenced Melson to death by electrocution. The trial court additionally sentenced Melson to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for his capital conviction for the murder of two or more persons; to 40 years' imprisonment for his conviction for attempted murder; and to 40 years' imprisonment for his conviction for robbery in the first degree.