Petersen v. State
Decision Date | 11 January 2019 |
Docket Number | CR-16-0652 |
Parties | Ryan Clark PETERSEN v. STATE of Alabama |
Court | Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals |
Angela L. Setzer, Randall S. Susskind, and James M. Hubbard, Montgomery; and J.D. Lloyd, Birmingham (withdrew 10/09/2018), for appellant.
Steve Marshall, atty. gen., and Audrey K. Jordan, asst. atty. gen., for appellee.
Ryan Clark Petersen was convicted of one count of murder made capital because two or more persons were murdered by one act, scheme, or course of conduct, see § 13A-5-40(a)(10), Ala. Code 1975; three counts of murder made capital because three people were killed during the course of a burglary, see § 13A-5-40(a)(4), Ala. Code 1975; and one count of attempted murder, see §§ 13A-6-2 and 13A-4-2, Ala. Code 1975. During the penalty phase of Petersen's trial, the jury recommended by a vote of 10 to 2 that Peterson be sentenced to death on the capital-murder convictions. The circuit court then sentenced Petersen to death for his capital-murder convictions and to life imprisonment for his attempted-murder conviction. This appeal, which is automatic in a case involving the death penalty, followed.1 See § 13A-5-53, Ala. Code 1975.
In its sentencing order, the circuit court recited the following facts underlying Petersen's convictions and sentences:
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