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Clark v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Nov 24, 1981
408 So. 2d 168 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981)

Opinion

1 Div. 257.

October 6, 1981. Rehearing Denied November 24, 1981.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Mobile County, Braxton L. Kittrell, J.

James M. Byrd, Mobile, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and William Dudley Motlow, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


On his plea of guilty the defendant was convicted and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for theft in the first degree.

It is undisputed that the trial judge refused to follow the recommendation in the plea bargain and further refused to allow the defendant the opportunity to withdraw his plea after a timely request. This was contrary to the holdings of this Court in Griswold v. City of Enterprise, 384 So.2d 1219 (Ala.Cr.App. 1980), and English v. State, 56 Ala. App. 704, 325 So.2d 211, cert. denied, 295 Ala. 401, 325 So.2d 216 (1975), and constitutes reversible error.

The judgment of the Circuit Court is reversed and the cause remanded.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

All Judges concur.


Summaries of

Clark v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Nov 24, 1981
408 So. 2d 168 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981)
Case details for

Clark v. State

Case Details

Full title:David CLARK, Jr. v. STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Nov 24, 1981

Citations

408 So. 2d 168 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981)

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