Ex parte State ex rel. Attorney General

Decision Date22 December 1978
Citation365 So.2d 112
PartiesEx parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL. 77-771.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals, 365 So.2d 108.

MADDOX, Justice.

WRIT DENIED.

TORBERT, C. J., and JONES, SHORES and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

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