Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama May 25, 2012, CR-08-1583 (Smith v. State)

BURKE, Judge.

Willie B. Smith III appeals the circuit court’s denial of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief challenging his May 7, 1992, conviction of two counts of capital murder and the resulting sentence of death. Smith was convicted of the intentional murder of Sharma Ruth Johnson during a kidnapping, § 13A-5-40(a)(1), Ala.