Ex parte State of Alabama. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS (In re: State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams)

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REL: 02/24/2012 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 2290649), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is printed in Southern Reporter. SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA OCTOBER TERM, 2011-2012 ____________________ 1100191 ____________________ Ex parte State of Alabama PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS (In re: State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams) (Montgomery Circuit Court, CC-08-1514; Court of Criminal Appeals, CR-08-1728) MURDOCK, Justice. The petition for the writ of certiorari is denied. 1100191 In denying the petition for the writ of certiorari, this Court does not wish to be understood as approving all the language, reasons, or statements Criminal Appeals opinion. of law in the Court of Horsley v. Horsley, 291 Ala. 782, 280 So. 2d 155 (1973). WRIT DENIED. Malone, C.J., and Woodall, Stuart, Bolin, Parker, and Shaw, JJ., concur. Main and Wise, JJ., recuse themselves.* *Justice Main and Justice Wise were members of the Court of Criminal Appeals when that court considered this case. Justice Wise also recused herself from consideration of this case when it was before the Court of Criminal Appeals. 2

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