Cooks v. State

Full title: In re Doris COOKS v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel…

Court: Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: May 22, 1975

317 So. 2d 505 (Ala. 1975)

317 So. 2d 505

Opinion

SC 1040.

May 22, 1975.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari to Court of Criminal Appeals.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Kermit M. Downs, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, petitioner.

MADDOX, Justice.

Affirmed on the authority of Ex Parte State of Alabama ex rel. Attorney General (In re Edwards v. State of Alabama), 294 Ala. 358, 317 So.2d 512, decided May 22, 1975 and Ex Parte State of Alabama ex rel. Attorney General (In re Clemmons v. State of Alabama), 294 Ala. 746, 321 So.2d 238, decided May 22, 1975.

Affirmed. Ala.Cr.App., 55 Ala. App. 537, 317 So.2d 504.

HEFLIN, C. J., MERRILL, BLOODWORTH, JONES, SHORES and EMBRY, JJ., and COLQUITT, Circuit Judge, sitting specially, concur.

FAULKNER, J., dissents.

ALMON, J., not sitting.