Ronnie Lynn Kirksey was born in 1975.
Ronnie Lynn Kirksey is on death row in
the state of Alabama.
You can write to this prisoner at
Ronnie Lynn Kirksey 0000z769
Holman Correctional Facility
Holman 3700
Atmore, AL 36503-3700
Crime
Ronnie Lynn Kirksey was convicted of
murder made capital because the victim was less than 14 years old.
Cornell Norwood
His appeal includes (see link):
I would grant certiorari review in this capital case. Ronnie Lynn Kirksey, the petitioner, seeks review by this Court of a decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals upholding his sentence of death. The decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals follows certiorari review by the United States Supreme Court of the Court of Criminal Appeals' earlier decision upholding the petitioner's capital conviction and sentence of death and a remand by that Court to the Court of Criminal Appeals for further consideration of the sentence in light of the Supreme Court's holding in Hurst v. Florida, 577 U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016). See Kirksey v. State, 191 So. 3d 810 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015), vacated, 578 U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 2409 (2016).
I am concerned that the issue whether the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances in a capital case, as required for the imposition of the death penalty under Alabama law, sufficiently partakes of the nature of a factual inquiry so as to trigger the principles articulated in Hurst. I also believe this Court should further consider the petitioner's argument that the jury's verdict was constitutionally insufficient to support a death sentence because the jury was instructed that its verdict would merely be a recommendation.
His appeal includes (see link):
I would grant certiorari review in this capital case. Ronnie Lynn Kirksey, the petitioner, seeks review by this Court of a decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals upholding his sentence of death. The decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals follows certiorari review by the United States Supreme Court of the Court of Criminal Appeals' earlier decision upholding the petitioner's capital conviction and sentence of death and a remand by that Court to the Court of Criminal Appeals for further consideration of the sentence in light of the Supreme Court's holding in Hurst v. Florida, 577 U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016). See Kirksey v. State, 191 So. 3d 810 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015), vacated, 578 U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 2409 (2016).
I am concerned that the issue whether the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances in a capital case, as required for the imposition of the death penalty under Alabama law, sufficiently partakes of the nature of a factual inquiry so as to trigger the principles articulated in Hurst. I also believe this Court should further consider the petitioner's argument that the jury's verdict was constitutionally insufficient to support a death sentence because the jury was instructed that its verdict would merely be a recommendation.
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