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473 So. 2d 1131

Benson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided January 22, 1985

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · decided 1985-01-22

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently June 1990

2 state decisions

Relies on 35 Ala. App. 376 - Chesnut v. State · 44 Ala. App. 112 - Rorex v. State · 44 Ala. App. 558 - McClendon v. State

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Decided 1985-01-22

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TAYLOR, Judge.

¶1Reversed on the authority of Chestnut ¶. State, 35 Ala.App. 376, 47 So.2d 248 (1950); Rorex v. State, 44 Ala. App. 112, 203 So.2d 294 (1967); McClendon v. State, 44 Ala.App. 558, 216 So.2d 302 (1968); Newsome v. State, 49 Ala.App. 248, 270 So.2d 680 (1972); Ludlum v. State, 52 Ala.App. 631, 296 So.2d 254 (1974); Pugh v. State, 343 So.2d 793 (Ala.Cr.App.1977), cert. denied, 343 So.2d 795 (Ala.1977); Town of Gulf Shores v. Jones, 412 So.2d 1259 (Ala.Cr.App.1982); Kerr v. State, 416 So.2d 781 (Ala.Cr.App.1982). Where a party perfects an appeal from a lower court to circuit court, the proceeding being de novo, an arraignment of the accused must be conducted in circuit court. Although arraignment may be waived, it appears that counsel brought the failure to arraign to the attention of the court at trial and, so, did not waive arraignment. See Marsden v. State, 475 So.2d 588 (Ala.1984); Watts v. State, 435 So.2d 135 (Ala.1983).

¶2We therefore remand for a new trial or other proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.

¶3REVERSED AND REMANDED.

All the Judges concur.
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