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Langham v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Jun 16, 1995
662 So. 2d 1210 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995)

Opinion

CR-92-1302.

September 30, 1994. Rehearing Denied March 3, 1995. Certiorari Denied May 19, 1995 Alabama Supreme Court 1940804. Certiorari Denied June 16, 1995 Alabama Supreme Court 1940841.

Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court; Ferrill McRae, Judge.

Barry Hess, Mobile, for Langham.

Michael Harbin and Richard Williams, Mobile, for Forister.

Joseph Boswell, Mobile, for Chapman.

James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., and Joseph Marston III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


On Return to Remand


This cause was remanded to the trial court on May 6, 1994, 662 So.2d 1201, with instructions that it conduct an evidentiary hearing on the disposition of the original indictments of two of the appellants, Carvine Langham and John Forister, to address their argument that the action against them was barred because it was not begun within three years of the commission of the offense.

In compliance with our instruction, an evidentiary hearing was held, at which the prosecutor testified that the original indictments, which were returned on August 28, 1992, were quashed on November 17, 1992, and that on the same day the appellants were reindicted. Therefore, because the appellants were reindicted on the same day that their original indictments were quashed, there was no period of time when an indictment was not pending against them. The prosecution on the aforementioned cases was not barred.

The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

All Judges concur.


Summaries of

Langham v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Jun 16, 1995
662 So. 2d 1210 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995)
Case details for

Langham v. State

Case Details

Full title:Carvine LANGHAM, John Forister, and John Chapman v. STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Jun 16, 1995

Citations

662 So. 2d 1210 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995)

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