State v. Robert Lee Tarver

TAYLOR, JUDGE The appellant, Robert Lee Tarver, Jr., was found guilty of murder made capital because the murder was committed during the
course of a robbery. § 13A-15-40(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975. The jury recommended that the appellant be sentenced
to life without parole. The trial court overrode the jury's recommendation and sentenced the appellant to death by electrocution.
We affirmed appellant's conviction on appeal. Tarver v. State, 500 So.2d 1232 (Ala. Cr. App. 1986). The Alabama Supreme Court
affirmed this court's judgment. Ex parte Tarver, 500 So.2d 1256 (Ala. 1986), and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari
review. Tarver v. Alabama, 482 U.S. 920, 107 S.Ct. 3197, 96 L.Ed.2d 685 (1987).