Giles v. State

Full title: Arthur Lee GILES v. STATE

Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Oct 6, 1981

405 So. 2d 50 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981)

Opinion

6 Div. 147.

August 4, 1981. Rehearing Denied October 6, 1981.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Blount County; H.E. Holladay, Judge.

John L. Carroll and Dennis Balske, Montgomery, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment of the conviction is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial on authority of Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S.Ct. 2382, 65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980), on remand, Ala., 396 So.2d 645 (1981), and Ritter v. State, Ala.S.C. 403 So.2d 154 (1981), Ala.Cr.App., 403 So.2d 159 (1981), July 7, 1981, Motion for Stay of Mandate Denied by Ala.S.C.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

All the Judges concur.