Thompson v. State

1 Citing case

  1. Citizenship Trust v. Keddie-Hill

    68 So. 3d 99 (Ala. 2011)   Cited 8 times
    Holding that a trial court's order granting preliminary injunctive relief was due to be vacated when the trial court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate issues in a civil proceeding that would have been appropriately decided in a criminal proceeding

    Cf. Tarver v. State, 761 So.2d 266, 268 (Ala. Crim.App. 2000) ("[W]e have repeatedly held that the procedural bars in Rule 32 apply equally to all cases, including those in which the death penalty has been imposed. See Nicks v. State, 783 So.2d 895 (Ala.Cr.App. 1999); Horsley v. State, 675 So.2d 908 (Ala.Cr.App. 1996); Thompson v. State, 615 So.2d 129 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 976, 114 S.Ct. 467, 126 L.Ed.2d 418 (1993)."). Keddie-Hill and Tillman cite Brown v. State, 565 So.2d 585 (Ala. 1990) (plurality opinion), in support of their argument that they may proceed with a civil class action to challenge the DNA database fee.