Keeton v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Keeton v. State, 797 So. 2d 421 (Ala. 2000)
2000 Ala. LEXIS 422; 2000 WL 1310510
England, Hooper, Houston, Cook, Lyons, Johnstone, See, Brown

Keeton v. State

Opinion of the Court

ENGLAND, Justice.

The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the defendant’s conviction, without an opinion, on April 30, 1999. Keeton v. State, (No. CR-98-0385) 768 So.2d 1026 (Ala.Crim.App. 1999) (table). We granted certiorari review. The legal issue presented in this case is the same as that presented in Ex parte Parker, 740 So.2d 432 (Ala. 1999). The judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals is reversed and the cause is remanded, based on our holding in Parker, as clarified in Ex parte Formby, 750 So.2d 587 (Ala. 1999).

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

HOOPER, C.J., and HOUSTON, COOK, LYONS, and JOHNSTONE, JJ., concur. SEE, J., concurs in the result. BROWN, J., dissents.

Dissenting Opinion

BROWN, Justice

(dissenting).

I dissent. I believe this Court’s decision in Ex parte Parker, 740 So.2d 432 (Ala. 1999), is incorrect. When I served on the Court of Criminal Appeals, 1 concurred in that Court’s decision in the Parker case, holding that proof of the three prior DUI offenses was a material element of the offense of felony DUI. State v. Parker, 740 So.2d 421, 428-24 (Ala.Crim.App. 1996). See also McDuffie v. State, 712 So.2d 1118 (Ala.Crim.App. 1997). I continue to believe the Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision in Parker was correct. Therefore, I must dissent.

Reference

Full Case Name
Ex Parte Ronnie Dale Keeton. (Re: Ronnie Dale Keeton v. State).
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Status
Published