416 So. 2d 781 | Ala. Crim. App. | 1982
Ronald Lee Kerr was indicted by the Etowah County Grand Jury for trafficking in cannabis in violation of §
Because of the absence of any evidence of an "arraignment and plea" or a showing of a satisfactory substitute therefor [see cases cited in Town of Gulf Shores v. Jones,
Because we must reverse and remand this cause for a new trial for the reasons stated above, we pretermit discussion of this issue and the evidence pertaining thereto. At this time we need only call to the trial court's attention the recent pronouncements by the United States Supreme Court in UnitedStates v. Ross, No. 80-2209, ___ U.S. ___,
For those reasons stated above, this cause is due to be reversed and remanded for a new trial.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
All the Judges concur.