554 So. 2d 454
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 25, 1989
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · decided 1989-08-25
Relies on Jackson v. Denno · 554 So. 2d 451 - Smith v. State
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Decided 1989-08-25
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently August 2013 · most notably Sockwell v. State (1993), 885 So. 2d 191 - McGahee v. State (2003)
2 federal appellate · 43 state decisions
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¶2Pursuant to the decision of the Alabama Supreme Court inEx parte Smith, 554 So.2d 451 (Ala. 1989), this case is remanded to the Circuit Court of Houston County with directions to conduct a post-trial hearing in accordance with Jackson v.Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908 (1964), to determine whether appellant's inculpatory statements were voluntary. Upon conclusion of the hearing, due return should be made to this court.
¶3REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.
¶4All Judges concur.