Danial Lee Siebert v. State

McMILLAN, JUDGE The appellant was convicted of the capital offense of murder during a robbery in the first degree, in violation
of § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Code of Alabama (1975). Following a sentencing hearing, the jury recommended a sentence of
death by vote of 12 to 0. The trial court ordered a presentence investigation, and, after complying with § 13A-5-47,
Code of Alabama (1975), the trial court sentenced the appellant to death by electrocution. The appellant, who often worked as a free lance artist, was hitchhiking in the vicinity of Tucson, Arizona, when he was given
a ride by Donald Hendron. Hendron told the appellant that he was working for the E. H. Gentry School in Talladega, a state
facility for the deaf. It was then arranged that the appellant would be employed at the facility. Subsequently, the appellant
moved to Talladega to work for the school in return for free meals. He lived with Hendron until the appellant began seeing
a deaf woman who was a student at the facility. Hendron discussed the possible repercussions of the appellant's relationship,
as an employee of the facility, with the student and decided to move out of their apartment; however, the appellant remained
a resident.