Beverly v. State, 8 Div. 283

Decision Date04 August 1981
Docket Number8 Div. 283
Citation403 So.2d 330
PartiesMatthew L. BEVERLY v. STATE.
CourtAlabama Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from Circuit Court, Madison County; John D. Snodgrass, Judge.

Robert E. Cramer, Jr. and Larry Morgan, Huntsville, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and J. Anthony McLain, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

HARRIS, Presiding Judge.

The judgment of the conviction is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial on authority of Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S.Ct. 2382, 65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980), on remand, Ala., 396 So.2d 645 (1981), and Ritter v. State, Ala.S.C., 403 So.2d 154 (1981), Ala.Cr.App., 403 So.2d 158 (1981). July 7, 1981, Motion for Stay of Mandate Denied by by Ala.S.C.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

All the Judges concur.

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  • Beverly v. Jones, 87-7312
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • September 2, 1988
    ...the intervening opinion of the Supreme Court in Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S.Ct. 2382, 65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980). Beverly v. State, 403 So.2d 330 (Ala.Crim.App.1981). Soon thereafter, Beverly was reindicted and retried on the identical charge. The case was submitted to the jury in the s......

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