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630 So. 2d 59

McKelvey v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 4, 1993

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1993-06-04

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently September 1993

1 state decisions

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“reverse[d] the judgment of affirmance and remand[ed] the cause to the Court of Criminal Appeals for further consideration in light of this determination. In doing so, we do not address McKelvey's argument that he was improperly sentenced or his argument that his confession was inadmissible.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 630 So. 2d 60 - McKelvey v. State

Relies on Ex Parte McKelvey · Bolden v. State · 630 So. 2d 58 - McKelvey v. State

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Decided 1993-06-04

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¶1ON RETURN FROM REMAND

MADDOX, Justice.

¶2The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Jeffrey Lee McKelvey’s convictions for third degree burglary and first degree theft, by an unpublished memorandum. McKelvey v. State, 595 So.2d 922 (Ala.Cr.App.1991) (table). This Court granted certiorari review; by an opinion of July 24, 1992, this Court held that McKelvey could raise for the first time on appeal his claim that he was improperly sentenced, and we remanded the cause to the Court of Criminal Appeals with directions “to determine whether the petitioner’s convictions for burglary and theft arose from the same ‘act or omission’ within the meaning of Code of Alabama 1975, § 15-3-8, and to make a return to this Court within 56 *60days from the issuance of the certificate of judgment in this case.” 630 So.2d 56, 58.

¶3On remand, the Court of Criminal Appeals found “that the appellant’s convictions for burglary and theft arose from the same ‘act or omission’ within the meaning of Code of Alabama 1975, § 15-3-8,” but determined that it had no authority “to address any question other than that specifically presented on remand” from this Court. McKelvey v. State, 630 So.2d 58 (Ala.Cr.App.1992).

¶4Having determined that the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in holding that McKelvey’s argument that he was improperly sentenced had not been preserved for review, we now reverse the judgment of af-firmance and remand the cause to the Court of Criminal Appeals for further consideration in light of this determination. In doing so, we do not address MeKelvey’s argument that he was improperly sentenced or his argument that his • confession was inadmissible.

¶5REVERSED AND REMANDED.

HORNSBY, C.J., and SHORES, HOUSTON and STEAGALL, JJ., concur.
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