Rick Belisle was convicted of the capital offenses of murder committed during the course of a robbery, and murder committed during the course of a burglary and was sentenced to death.

On May 19, 1999, Joyce Moore, a cashier at the T & J Kwik-Mart convenience store in Boaz, was bludgeoned to death with a six-pound can of peas and with a metal pipe. State investigators arrested Belisle and Annette Belisle, Belisle's wife, and charged Annette with capital murder and held Belisle on outstanding traffic warrants. Annette and Belisle were both eventually indicted on two counts of capital murder and subsequently sentenced to death.

9" X 12" original art by Belisle. Pencil and red water color on heavy paper. Signed R. Belisle and dated by year on the front.