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717 So. 2d 868

Harris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided December 19, 1997

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · decided 1997-12-19

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently April 2017

6 state decisions

Relies on 703 So. 2d 871 - Ex Parte Cobb

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Decided 1997-12-19

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BASCHAB, Judge.

¶1AFFIRMED BY MEMORANDUM.

McMILLAN, COBB, and BROWN, JJ., concur.LONG, P.J., concurs specially.
LONG, Presiding Judge

¶2(concurring specially in unpublished memorandum).

¶3The State argues that because the appellant choked P.S.W. while he was committing a rape, his hands constituted a “deadly weapon,” as that term is defined in § 13A-1-2(11), Ala.Code 1975, and that, therefore, this case should be remanded for the trial court to apply the enhancement provisions of § 13A-5—6(a)(4), Ala.Code 1975, to the appellant’s sentence. However, we must reject the State’s contention because we are constrained to follow Ex parte Cobb, 703 So.2d 871, 877 (Ala.1996), where the Alabama Supreme Court held that “the use of fists or other body parts cannot constitute the use of a ‘deadly weapon’ or ‘dangerous instrument’ as those terms are defined in § 13A-1-2(11) and § 13A-1-2(12).” I write only to urge the Alabama Supreme Court to reconsider its holding in Ex parte Cobb.

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