A Mobile County man already on death row has been formally re-sentenced to death for a capital murder conviction, according to the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office.
Dennis Hicks was convicted of capital murder in 2016 for the killing of Joshua Duncan and was originally sentenced to death. After his conviction was affirmed on appeal in July, a resentencing hearing was held Tuesday, where he again received the death penalty, prosecutors said.
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Prosecutors described Duncan’s killing as brutal, though further details about the underlying crime were not included in the announcement. The state at the resentencing was represented by Assistant District Attorneys Jennifer Wright and Keith Blackwood, who now serves as Mobile County’s District Attorney.
Hicks remains on death row. Under Alabama law, death sentences are subject to further appellate review, but the resentencing restores the original punishment after the affirmation of his conviction.