521 So. 2d 1042
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 26, 1987
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · decided 1987-05-26
Applies AL 13A § 13A-10-31
Relies on Holcomb v. State
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1987-05-26
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently July 2018
12 state decisions
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¶1This is an appeal by the state from an order of the circuit court declaring Alabama Code § 13A-10-31 (escape in the first degree) unconstitutional as applied to the accused and dismissing the indictment against Jimmy H. Fields. The judgment of the circuit court is reversed on authority of Webb v. State, 519 So.2d 1389 (Ala.Cr.App.1987).
¶2REVERSED AND REMANDED.