Hill v. State

Full title: Walter HILL v. STATE

Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Oct 6, 1981

407 So. 2d 567 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981)

Opinion

6 Div. 269.

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

Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Harry E. Pickens, Judge.

Jackie M. McDougal and Robert C. Boyce, III, Bessemer, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and J. Anthony McLain for McLain Hampton, Sp. Asst. Attys. 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., 403 So.2d 154 (1981), Ala.Cr.App., 403 So.2d 158 (1981), July 7, 1981, Motion for Stay of Mandate Denied by Ala.S.C.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

All Judges concur.

Writ denied, Ala., 407 So.2d 567.