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 |
Page 1068
(Re James Hugh Jones
v.
State of Alabama).
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.
ADAMS, Justice.
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.
TORBERT, C.J., and JONES, SHORES and STEAGALL, JJ., concur.
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