Wooten v. State

Jun 1, 1971
3 Div. 91
Reporters:
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Before:
Cates
CATES, Judge.

Second degree forgery: ‘Sentence, two years.

This case is controlled ‍‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‍by Hamilton v. State, 46 Ala.App. 128, 238 So.2d 925. Also on the record sent up to us the in ‍‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‍court identification was not sufficiently independent to overcome the use of the confrontation of the defendant without counsel at ‍‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‍the Montgomery City Jail in breach of Stovall v. Denno, 388 U.S. 293, 87 S.Ct. 1967, 18 L.Ed.2d 1199, decided June 12, ‍‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‍1967. The confrontation occurred sometime after October 30, 1969 — well after the date of June 12, 1967.

The ‍‌‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‍judgment below is reversed and the cause remanded.

Reversed and remanded.