Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 2001

Keith v. State

Keith v. State
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided September 28, 2001 · McMillan, Baschab, Wise, Cobb, Shaw
854 So. 2d 1171; 2001 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 209; 2001 WL 1147848 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Keith v. State

Opinion of the Court

McMILLAN, Presiding Judge.

AFFIRMED BY UNPUBLISHED MEMORANDUM.

BASCHAB and WISE, JJ„ concur. COBB, J., dissents, with opinion, which SHAW, J., joins.

Dissenting Opinion

COBB, Judge,

dissenting.

I dissent based on Judge Shaw’s special writing in Poole v. State, 846 So.2d 370 (Ala.Crim.App. 2001). As to those points of law on which I disagree with Judge Shaw, see my special writing in Poole, supra. The trial court erred when it permitted the State to amend the indictment, because the amendment charged a different offense. Rule 13.5(a), Ala.R.Crim.P. The judgment in this cause should be reversed, and the trial court should strike the §§ 13A-12-250 and -270 sentence enhancements which were added by the improper amendment. Keith should receive only the 20-year sentence imposed for the lesser-included offense of distribution. Accordingly, I dissent.

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