346 So. 2d 464 | Ala. | 1976
Rehearing
ON REHEARING
On application for rehearing, the defendant contends that this case is substantially different from Ex parte: State of Alabama ex rel. Attorney General, In re: Pope v. State, (Decided July 16, 1976) Ala., 345 So.2d 1385. We also note a substantial difference in the factual situation, but we are of the opinion that, upon remand, the Court of Criminal Appeals will be able to determine, by use of its supervisory powers, whether the defendant has been, or can be, afforded as adequate a review as a non-indigent. As we have pointed out further, on rehearing, in Pope, today, citing the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in Estelle v. Williams, 425 U.S. 501, 96 S.Ct. 1691, 48 L.Ed.2d 126 (1976):
“. . . Under our adversary system, once a defendant has the assistance of counsel the vast array of trial decisions, strategic and tactical, which must be made before and during trial rests with the accused and his attorney. Any other approach would rewrite the duties of trial judges and counsel in our legal system.”
The Court, on its own, noted that the original opinion, which reversed the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals, was not considered by the full Court. Therefore, on rehearing, the full Court did consider the original opinion and the additional matter written on application for rehearing, and concurs therein.
OPINION EXTENDED; APPLICATION FOR REHEARING OVERRULED.
Lead Opinion
The facts of this case are substantially the same as those in Ex Parte: State of Alabama ex rel. Attorney General, In re: Pope v. State, (Decided July 16, 1976) Ala., 345 So.2d 1385. The judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals is reversed and remanded on authority of Pope, supra.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.