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Ex Parte State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Jun 30, 2000
776 So. 2d 895 (Ala. 2000)

Opinion

No. 1980645.

Decided June 30, 2000.

Appeal from Houston Circuit Court, CC-88-790; Court of Criminal Appeals, CR-96-0273.

Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and Michelle Riley Stephens, asst. atty. gen., for petitioner.

Deanna S. Higginbotham and Blake A. Green, Dothan, for respondent.


The petition for the writ of certiorari is denied.

In denying the petition for the writ of certiorari, this Court does not wish to be understood as approving all the rationale stated in the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion.Horsley v. Horsley, 291 Ala. 782, 280 So.2d 155 (1973).

WRIT DENIED.

Hooper, C.J., and Maddox, Houston, Cook, See, Lyons, Johnstone, and England, JJ., concur.

Brown, J., recuses herself.

Justice Brown was a member of the Court of Criminal Appeals when that court considered this case.


Summaries of

Ex Parte State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Jun 30, 2000
776 So. 2d 895 (Ala. 2000)
Case details for

Ex Parte State

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re: Jerry Hammond v. State)

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Jun 30, 2000

Citations

776 So. 2d 895 (Ala. 2000)

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