Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 24, 1995

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · decided 1995-03-24

Relies on 598 So. 2d 895 - Ex Parte Jackson · Cantu v. State · Gordon v. Nagle

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Decided 1995-03-24

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McMILLAN, Judge.

¶1AFFIRMED. NO OPINION.

All Judges concur except TAYLOR, J., who dissents with opinion.

¶2Dissenting from Unpublished Memorandum

TAYLOR, Presiding Judge, dissenting.

¶3Based on the Alabama Supreme Court’s holding in Ex parte Jackson, 598 So.2d 895 (Ala.1992), as further addressed in Kelley v. State, 677 So.2d 792 (Ala.Cr.App.1995), I respectfully dissent from the majority’s holding in Part I of its unpublished memorandum.

¶4I also respectfully dissent from Part II of the majority’s unpublished memorandum in this case addressing the issue of the voluntariness of the appellant’s guilty plea on the authority of the following Alabama Supreme Court cases: Bennett v. State, 649 So.2d 214 (Ala.1994); Cantu v. State, 660 So.2d 1026 (Ala.1994); Ex parte Parish, 660 So.2d 231 (Ala.1994); and Gordon v. Nagle, 647 So.2d 91 (Ala.1994).