Supreme Court of Alabama, 2003

Arrington v. State

Arrington v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided June 27, 2003 · Brown, Directions, From, Harwood, Houston, Johnstone, Lyons, Moore, Only, Remand, See, Stuart, Woodall
869 So. 2d 531; 2003 Ala. LEXIS 204; 2003 WL 21480592 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Arrington v. State

Dissenting Opinion

JOHNSTONE, Justice

(dissenting).

I respectfully dissent for the reasons expressed in my dissent in Wilson v. State, [Ms. 1020014, June 13, 2003] — So.2d -(Ala. 2003).

Opinion of the Court

HARWOOD, Justice.

The convictions and sentences in this case are due to be reversed and the case remanded on the authority of Wilson v. State, [Ms. 1020014, June 13, 2003] — So.2d-(Ala. 2003).

Trumaine Arrington and Antywan De-velle Wilson were codefendants. Arring-ton’s and Wilson’s cases were consolidated for trial, and Arrington and Wilson were both convicted of attempted murder and first-degree robbery. They appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals, and that court ultimately reversed both Arrington’s and Wilson’s convictions. Arrington v. State, 869 So.2d 529 (Ala.Crim.App. 2002); Wilson v. State, [Ms. CR-00-1003, April 26, 2002] — So.2d - (Ala.Crim.App. 2002). The facts of Arrington’s case and the legal issues presented on his appeal to this Court are identical to those presented in Wilson. Accordingly, on the authority of this Court’s opinion in Wilson, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals and remand this case for that court to affirm Arrington’s convictions and sentences.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

MOORE, C.J., and HOUSTON, SEE, BROWN, and STUART, JJ., concur. LYONS, J., concurs in the judgment only and dissents from the directions on remand. JOHNSTONE and WOODALL, JJ., dissent.

Concurring in Part

LYONS, Justice

(concurring in the judgment only and dissenting from the directions on remand).

For the reasons expressed in my special writing in Wilson v. State, [Ms. 1020014, June 13, 2003] — So.2d-(Ala. 2003), I concur in the judgment only and dissent from the directions on remand.

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