Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama June 29, 2007, CR-05-1879 (Burton v. State)

The appellant, Willie Thomas Burton, Jr., was indicted for the capital offense of arson-murder. He was convicted of reckless murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975, and first-degree arson, a violation of § 13A-7-41, Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced him, as a habitual offender, to serve consecutive terms of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole.