Ex Parte State

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re Willie Elijah SHEFFIELD v. STATE).

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 12, 1997.

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1997-12-12

Relies on Horsley v. Horsley · 708 So. 2d 899 - Sheffield v. State

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Decided 1997-12-12

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¶1Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and Yvonne A.H. Saxon, asst. atty. gen., for petitioner.

¶2No brief filed for respondent.

¶3Prior report: Ala.Cr.App., 708 So.2d 899.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5The petition for the writ of certiorari is denied.

¶6In denying the petition for the writ of certiorari, this Court does not wish to be understood as approving all the language, reasons, or statements of law in the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion. Horsley v. Horsley,291 Ala. 782, 280 So.2d 155 (1973).

¶7WRIT DENIED.

¶8HOOPER, C.J., and ALMON, SHORES, HOUSTON, KENNEDY, COOK, BUTTS, and SEE, JJ., concur.