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Ex Parte Thornton

Supreme Court of Alabama
May 20, 1988
527 So. 2d 146 (Ala. 1988)

Opinion

86-1049.

May 20, 1988.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals (3 Div. 591).

Charles M. Law, Montgomery, for petitioner.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Joseph G.L. Marston III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


The writ of certiorari is quashed as improvidently granted.

In quashing the writ of certiorari, this Court does not wish to be understood as approving all the language, reasons, or statements of law in the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion. Horsley v. Horsley, 291 Ala. 782, 280 So.2d 155 (1973).

WRIT QUASHED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

TORBERT, C.J., and MADDOX, JONES, SHORES, BEATTY, ADAMS and HOUSTON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Thornton

Supreme Court of Alabama
May 20, 1988
527 So. 2d 146 (Ala. 1988)
Case details for

Ex Parte Thornton

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Ottis THORNTON. (In re: Ottis Thornton v. State of Alabama)

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: May 20, 1988

Citations

527 So. 2d 146 (Ala. 1988)

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