Ex parte Sellers

CourtSupreme Court of Alabama
Citation519 So.2d 1292
PartiesEx parte David SELLERS. (Re: David Leon Sellers, alias v. State). 86-1274.
Decision Date18 December 1987

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519 So.2d 1292
Ex parte David SELLERS.
(Re: David Leon Sellers, alias
v.
State).
86-1274.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
Dec. 18, 1987.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 12, 1988.

Joel L. Sogol, of Sogol & Chandler, Tuscaloosa, for petitioner.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Helen P. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

BEATTY, Justice.

On the authority of Borden v. State, [Ms. 7 Div. 691, October 13, 1987] (Ala.Crim.App.1987), and Mulhern v. State, 494 So.2d 787 (Ala.Crim.App.1986), the petitioner's conviction for trafficking in marijuana is reversed due to the insufficiency of the evidence, and judgment is hereby rendered for petitioner on that charge.

REVERSED AND JUDGMENT RENDERED.

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

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