Supreme Court of Alabama, 1977

Gray v. State

Gray v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided June 3, 1977 · Torbert, Shores, Bloodworth, Faulkner, Almon, Embry, Maddox, Jones, Beatty
346 So. 2d 978; 1977 Ala. LEXIS 1922 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Gray v. State

Opinion of the Court

TORBERT, Chief Justice.

The petition in this case was based on an alleged conflict with prior decisions of the Court of Criminal Appeals, however, the petitioner failed to comply with the requirements of Rule 39(c)(4), ARAP, in preparing his petition. For this reason the writ must be quashed as having been improvidently granted.

WRIT QUASHED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

BLOODWORTH, FAULKNER, ALMON and EMBRY, JJ., concur.

Dissenting Opinion

SHORES, Justice

(dissenting):

I respectfully dissent.

Although I agree that a strict construction of Rule 39 would have justified denial of the writ on preliminary examination, having granted it, however, this court, in my opinion, should address the merits of the petition.

MADDOX, JONES and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

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