Morgan County judge sets deadline for response to former death row inmate’s appeal

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: June 9, 2026

Words: 837

Last Updated: 2 days, 5 hours ago

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A Morgan County judge last month ordered the state to respond to a former death row inmate who says his court-appointed attorney was affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.

Judge Charles Elliott gave the Morgan County District Attorney’s Office’s until Aug. 25 to respond to an appeal from Robin “Rocky” Myers whose team says they have found evidence that John Mays, who represented Myers at his capital murder trial in 1994, spoke at numerous …

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