Jones v. State

Full title: Leon JONES v. STATE

Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Aug 4, 1981

403 So. 2d 330 (Ala. Crim. App. 1981)

Opinion

8 Div. 354.

August 4, 1981.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Madison County; Thomas N. Younger, Judge.

Walter Allen Davis, Huntsville, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and J. Thomas Leverette, Asst. 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 158 (1981). July 7, 1981, Motion for Stay of Mandate Denied by Ala.S.C.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

All Judges concur.