Ex parte Jones
| Decision Date | 04 September 1987 |
| Parties | Ex parte James Hugh JONES. (Re James Hugh Jones v. State of Alabama). 86-1112. |
| Court | Alabama Supreme Court |
Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Stephen K. Orso, Mobile, for petitioner.
Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., for respondent.
Prior Report: Ala.Cr.App., 514 So.2d 1060.
In denying this petition for a writ of certiorari, we are not to be understood as agreeing with the assertion in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals that the accused was entitled to a charge on the lesser included offense of negligent homicide.
WRIT DENIED.
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