Roger Dixon v. State of Alabama

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REL: 08/27/2010 Notice: T h i s o p i n i o n i s s u b j e c t t o f o r m a l r e v i s i o n b e f o r e p u b l i c a t i o n i n t h e advance s h e e t s o f Southern R e p o r t e r . R e a d e r s a r e r e q u e s t e d t o n o t i f y t h e Reporter o f Decisions, A l a b a m a A p p e l l a t e C o u r t s , 300 D e x t e r A v e n u e , M o n t g o m e r y , A l a b a m a 3 6 1 0 4 - 3 7 4 1 ((334) 2 2 9 - 0 6 4 9 ) , o f a n y t y p o g r a p h i c a l o r o t h e r e r r o r s , i n o r d e r t h a t c o r r e c t i o n s may b e made b e f o r e t h e o p i n i o n i s p r i n t e d i n Southern R e p o r t e r . ALABAMA COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OCTOBER TERM, 2009-2010 CR-06-1916 Roger D i x o n v. State Appeal o f Alabama from Escambia C i r c u i t (CC-06-82) On Remand f r o m t h e Alabama KELLUM, J u d g e . The Court Supreme Court 1 a p p e l l a n t , Roger Dixon, was c o n v i c t e d o f a t t e m p t e d m u r d e r , a v i o l a t i o n o f §§ 13A-4-2 and 1 3 A - 6 - 2 ( a ) ( 1 ) , A l a . Code J u d g e K e l l u m was n o t a member o f t h e C o u r t o f C r i m i n a l A p p e a l s when t h e o r i g i n a l d e c i s i o n i n t h i s c a s e was r e l e a s e d . T h i s c a s e was a s s i g n e d t o J u d g e K e l l u m on J a n u a r y 2 0 , 2 0 0 9 . 1 CR-06-1916 1 975, and of d i s c h a r g i n g a gun into an occupied vehicle, v i o l a t i o n o f § 1 3 A - 1 1 - 6 1 ( b ) , A l a . Code 1 9 7 5 . The c i r c u i t sentenced murder Dixon t o 20 y e a r s ' i m p r i s o n m e n t c o n v i c t i o n ; that sentenced to 5 years' sentence a court imprisonment, the attempted- split, was on and Dixon followed by 5 was years' s u p e r v i s e d p r o b a t i o n . On t h e d i s c h a r g i n g - a - f i r e a r m c o n v i c t i o n , the c i r c u i t but split court sentenced the imprisonment circuit court 1916, on and f o l l o w e d by concurrently. sentence sentence June 27, June 27, ordered that Court the affirmed 2008. 2008] him to serve 5 years' supervised ordered This D i x o n t o 10 y e a r s ' i m p r i s o n m e n t , So. See D i x o n v. 3d years' probation. sentences Dixon's 3 were The to run conviction State, ( A l a . Crim. [No. App. and CR-062008). D i x o n p e t i t i o n e d t h e A l a b a m a Supreme C o u r t f o r c e r t i o r a r i r e v i e w , a r g u i n g , among o t h e r t h i n g s , t h a t t h e d e c i s i o n o f t h i s Court c o n f l i c t e d w i t h Ex 2 0 0 1 ) , and Tomlin v. parte S t a t e , 695 Dobyne, 805 So. 1 9 9 6 ) , r e g a r d i n g h i s c l a i m t h a t L.A., Dixon's t r i a l , v o i r d i r e . The June 30, 2010, 2d 157 who So. 2d 763 (Ala. ( A l a . Crim. App. s e r v e d as j u r o r f a i l e d t o t r u t h f u l l y answer a q u e s t i o n during Supreme C o u r t g r a n t e d c e r t i o r a r i r e v i e w and, reversed this Court's 2 at judgment, h o l d i n g on that CR-06-1916 the c i r c u i t c o u r t "exceeded i t s d i s c r e t i o n i n denying Dixon's m o t i o n f o r a new t r i a l b a s e d on L.A.'s f a i l u r e t o d i s c l o s e i n r e s p o n s e t o a q u e s t i o n on v o i r d i r e t h a t c r i m i n a l c h a r g e s were pending court June against h e r " ; i t remanded t o c o n d u c t a new t r i a l . 30, 2010] ___ holding, So. t h e Supreme the case Ex p a r t e 3d ___ , ___ t o the Dixon, circuit [Ms. 1071564, ( A l a . 2010). I n so Court c o n c l u d e d t h a t under t h e f a c t o r s s e t f o r t h i n Dobyne, D i x o n was p r e j u d i c e d b y L.A.'s f a i l u r e t o d i s c l o s e t h e f a c t t h a t c r i m i n a l c h a r g e s were p e n d i n g her a t the time of Dixon's In light of the against trial. Supreme Court's holding, Dixon's c o n v i c t i o n s f o r a t t e m p t e d m u r d e r a n d d i s c h a r g i n g a gun i n t o an occupied v e h i c l e are reversed, the circuit and t h i s c o u r t t o c o n d u c t a new c a s e i s remanded f o r trial. REVERSED AND REMANDED. W i s e , P . J . , a n d W e l c h , Windom, a n d M a i n , J J . , c o n c u r . 3

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