Joe Nathan Jackson v. State

PATTERSON, JUDGE Appellant, Joe Nathan Jackson, was indicted in a two-count indictment on April 29, 1988, for the capital offenses of murder
committed during a robbery in the first degree, § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975, and murder committed during
a kidnapping in the first degree, § 13A-5-40(a)(1). Appellant entered pleas of not guilty to both charges, and the
case was tried before a jury. At the close of the state's case-in-chief, the trial court granted appellant's motion for a
judgment of acquittal as to Count II, which charged murder committed during a kidnapping in the first degree. On August 26,
1988, the jury found appellant guilty of the lesser included offense of murder under Count I of the indictment. On September
19, 1988, the trial court sentenced appellant as a habitual felony offender to life imprisonment, fined him $20,000.00, ordered
him to pay $10,000.00 to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, and ordered restitution in the amount of $4,415.18.