Trott v. State

Decision Date30 August 1973
Citation291 Ala. 800,282 So.2d 402
PartiesIn re Wilton O'Neal TROTT v. STATE. Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL. SC 427.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals.

William J. Baxley, Atty.Gen., and Joseph G.L. Marston, III, Asst.Atty.Gen., for the State.

J. Paul Lowery, Montgomery, for respondent.

JONES, Justice.

On preliminary examination, the petition for the writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals, 51 Ala.App. 40, 282 So.2d 392 was granted. Upon further consideration, we hold that the writ was improvidently granted and is due to be quashed.

Writ quashed.

HEFLIN, C.J., and COLEMAN, BLOODWORTH and McCALL, JJ., concur.

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