Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 2001

McGhee v. State

McGhee v. State
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided September 28, 2001 · McMillan, Baschab, Wise, Cobb, Shaw
814 So. 2d 314; 2001 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 211; 2001 WL 1148059 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

McGhee v. State

Concurring in Part

COBB, Judge

(concurring in part and dissenting in part).

I concur in affirming the appellant’s conviction; however, I would reverse his sentence and remand the case for resen-tencing in accordance with Judge Shaw’s special writing in Poole v. State, [Ms. CR-99-1200, August 31, 2001] - So.2d - (Ala.Crim.App. 2001), with which I concurred as to this issue. As to those points on which I disagree with Judge Shaw, see my special -writing in Poole, - So.2d -. I believe that these sentence enhancements must be charged in the indictment and proved to the jury beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the failure to do so is a jurisdictional defect which this Court should notice and remedy on appeal. Therefore, as to the sentencing issue, I dissent.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED BY UNPUBLISHED MEMORANDUM.

McMILLAN, P.J., and BASCHAB and WISE, JJ., concur; COBB, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, with opinion, in which SHAW, J., joins.

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