Arthur v. State

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re Thomas Douglas ARTHUR v. STATE).

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 22, 1991.

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1991-02-22

Relies on Arizona v. Roberson · 575 So. 2d 1165 - Arthur v. State

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Decided 1991-02-22

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Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently September 2011 · most notably Arthur v. King (2007), Coral v. State (1992)

2 federal appellate · 37 state decisions

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¶1Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Andy S. Poole and William D. Little, Asst. Attys. Gen., for petitioner.

¶2William Hovater, Tuscumbia, and H. Alan Gargis, Muscle Shoals, for respondent.

¶3Prior report: Ala.Cr.App., 575 So.2d 1165.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5WRIT DENIED.

¶6HORNSBY, C.J., and MADDOX, SHORES, ADAMS and INGRAM, JJ., concur.

¶7HOUSTON, STEAGALL and KENNEDY, JJ., dissent.

¶8HOUSTON, Justice (dissenting).

¶9I think that this case is distinguishable from Arizona v. Roberson,486 U.S. 675, 108 S.Ct. 2093, 100 L.Ed.2d 704 (1988). I would reverse the judgment and remand the cause to the Court of Criminal Appeals.

¶10STEAGALL, J., concurs.