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Wright v. StateWright v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Jan 6, 1966
6 Div. 281
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Before:
Merrill
MERRILL, Justice.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals which ‍​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‍affirmed the conviction of petitioner without an opinion.

We have uniformly held that in the absence of an opinion by the Court of Appeals, ‍​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‍we have nothing to review. Gandy v. State, 276 Ala. 409, 162 So.2d 620; Crawford v. State, 276 Ala. 98, 159 So.2d 457. This rule does not ‍​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‍preclude us from reviewing a decision of that court where a constitutional question is involved. Espey v. State, 263 Ala. 207, 82 So.2d 270.

Here, no ‍​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‍constitutional question was argued in brief. It appears that no brief was filed by petitioner in the Court of Appeals until application for ‍​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‍rehearing was filed.

Writ denied.

LIVINGSTON, C. J., and SIMPSON and HARWOOD, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Wright v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Jan 6, 1966
Citations: 181 So. 2d 898; 279 Ala. 84; 1966 Ala. LEXIS 951; 6 Div. 281
Docket Number: 6 Div. 281
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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