Wright v. State

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407 So. 2d 565 (1981)

Freddie Lee WRIGHT v. STATE.

1 Div. 86.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

August 4, 1981.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1981.

Al Pennington, Mobile, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Joseph G. L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

HARRIS, Presiding Judge.

The judgment of the conviction is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial on authority of Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S. Ct. 2382, 65 L. Ed. 2d 392 (1980), on remand, Ala., 396 So. 2d 645 (1981), and Ritter v. State, Ala.S.C., 403 So. 2d 154 (1981), Ala.Cr.App., 403 So. 2d 158 (1981). July 7, 1981, Motion for Stay of Mandate Denied by Ala.S.C.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

All the Judges concur.

Writ denied, Ala., 407 So. 2d 565.

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