McDonald v. State

Aug 26, 1977
SC 2706
Reporters:
,
Before:
Maddox
MADDOX, Justice.

Writ denied. By denying the writ, we point out that writs ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍of certiorari are frequently denied without any consideration of the merits. Haden v. Olan Mills, Inc., 273 Ala. 129, 135 So.2d 388 (1961). A denial of ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍certiorari should never be considered as an expression by the reviewing court on the merits of the controversy. See Hamilton Brown Shoe Co. v. ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍Wolf Brothers, 240 U.S. 251, 36 S.Ct. 269, 60 L.Ed. 629 (1916). Our denial of the writ should not be understood as approving or disapproving the ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍language used, or the statements of law contained in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals. See Cooper v. State, 287 Ala. 728, 252 ‍‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‍So.2d 108 (1971).

WRIT DENIED.

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