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48 Ala. App. 752

Duke v. State.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · decided 1972-05-30

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently January 1979

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Relies on Ashe v. Swenson · Simpson v. Florida · Duke v. State

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Decided 1972-05-30

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¶1PER CURIAM.

¶2On authority of Ex parte Duke, 288 Ala. 544, 263 So.2d 176 (1972) the judgment of the circuit court is reversed and one is here rendered discharging the appellant sine die from the indictment of instant concern.

¶3Reversed and rendered.

PRICE, P. J., and CATES, ALMON, TYSON and HARRIS, JJ., concur.CATES, Judge.

¶4For future reference I note that Simpson v. Florida, 403 U.S. 384, 91 S.Ct. 1801, 29 L.Ed.2d 549 was on appeal April 7, 1970, the day Ashe v. Swenson, 397 U.S. 436, 90 S.Ct. 1189, 25 L.Ed.2d 469, was. decided.

¶5In Duke’s case the appeal was taken December 12, 1969, which automatically transferred (except for a motion for new trial, Code 1940, T. 13, § 119) jurisdiction of the cause to this court.

¶6I am risking cacoethes scribendi because: (1) I don’t think Ashe v. Swenson, supra, should be extended beyond the apparent operative date of retrospectivity indicated in Simpson v. Florida, supra; and (2) the new membership of the Supreme Court of the United States may well take up this case to reverse Simpson.

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