EX PARTE SMITH
| Citation | 908 So.2d 302 |
| Parties | Ex parte Kenneth Eugene SMITH. (In re Kenneth Eugene Smith v. State of Alabama). |
| Decision Date | 18 March 2005 |
| Court | Supreme Court of Alabama |
Christopher M. Johnson and Charlotta Norby, Atlanta, Georgia, for petitioner.
William H. Pryor, Jr., atty. gen., Nathan A. Forrester, deputy atty. gen., and George Martin and Henry M. Johnson, asst. attys. gen., for respondent. SMITH, Justice.1
The writ of certiorari is quashed as having been improvidently granted. Our quashing of the writ should not be construed as approving all the language, reasons, or statements of law in the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion, including its discussion of Rule 3.3, Ala. R.Crim. P. Horsley v. Horsley, 291 Ala. 782, 280 So.2d 155 (1973). See also Moore v. Crocker, 852 So.2d 89 (Ala.2002).
WRIT QUASHED.
1. This case was originally assigned to another Justice; it was reassigned to Justice Smith on January 17, 2005.
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