Supreme Court of Alabama, 1987

State v. Brown

State v. Brown
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided July 10, 1987 · Shores, Torbert, Maddox, Houston, Steagall, Jones, Almon, Beatty, Adams
514 So. 2d 836; 1987 Ala. LEXIS 4414 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Brown

Opinion of the Court

SHORES, Justice.

Reversed and remanded on the authority of City of Dothan v. Holloway, 501 So.2d 1136 (Ala. 1986).

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

TORBERT, C.J., and MADDOX, HOUSTON and STEAGALL, JJ., concur. JONES, ALMON, BEATTY and ADAMS, JJ., dissent.

Dissenting Opinion

BEATTY, Justice

(dissenting):

I dissent and adhere to the views I expressed in City of Dothan v. Holloway, 501 So.2d 1136 (Ala. 1986).

JONES, ALMON and ADAMS, JJ., concur.

HOUSTON and STEAGALL, Justices (responding to motions to recuse).

See our respective opinions in City of Dothan v. Holloway, 501 So.2d 1136 (Ala. 1986), for an explanation of our denial of the appellees’ motions to recuse.

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