Willie Earl Scott v. State of Alabama

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REL: 07/29/2011 Notice: T h i s o p i n i o n i s s u b j e c t t o formal 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 R e p o r t e r o f D e c i s i o n s , Alabama 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, 2010-2011 CR-06-2233 Willie Earl Scott v. S t a t e o f Alabama A p p e a l from J e f f e r s o n C i r c u i t C o u r t (CC-00-840.60; CC-00-841.60; CC-00-842.60) On Remand f r o m JOINER, Judge. Willie dismissal 1 this t h e A l a b a m a Supreme Court 1 Earl Scott appealed of h i s p e t i t i o n the circuit court's f o rpostconviction T h i s c a s e was p r e v i o u s l y a s s i g n e d Court. summary relief t o another filed j u d g e on CR-06-2233 pursuant to challenged and Rule 32, A l a . R. his convictions his resulting Crim. f o r two sentence of death P. Scott's counts and petition of c a p i t a l murder his convictions for f i r s t - d e g r e e rape, a t t e m p t e d murder, and f i r s t - d e g r e e b u r g l a r y and sentences his resulting those convictions. judgment. Scott So. 3d v. Court State, the Alabama imprisonment affirmed 2010). Scott Court f o r c e r t i o r a r i Supreme Court f o r each the c i r c u i t [Ms. C R - 0 6 - 2 2 3 3 , ( A l a . C r i m . App. t h e A l a b a m a Supreme 2011, This of l i f e March of court's 26, 2010] then p e t i t i o n e d review. On M a r c h 1 8 , held: "The t r i a l c o u r t ' s v e r b a t i m a d o p t i o n o f t h e S t a t e ' s a n s w e r t o S c o t t ' s R u l e 32 p e t i t i o n a s i t s o r d e r , b y its nature, violates this Court's h o l d i n g i n Ex parte Ingram[, 51 So. 3d 1119 (Ala. 2010)]. A c c o r d i n g l y , we m u s t r e v e r s e t h e C o u r t o f C r i m i n a l Appeals' j u d g m e n t i n s o f a r as i t a f f i r m s t h e t r i a l c o u r t ' s a d o p t i o n o f t h e S t a t e ' s a n s w e r as i t s o r d e r , a n d we r e m a n d t h e c a s e t o 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 w i t h d i r e c t i o n s t o remand t h e case t o t h e trial court f o r that court to reverse i t s order d i s m i s s i n g S c o t t ' s R u l e 32 p e t i t i o n a n d t o e n t e r a new o r d e r i n l i g h t o f t h i s o p i n i o n . " Ex p a r t e ___ Scott, [Ms. 1 0 9 1 2 7 5 , M a r c h 1 8 , 2 0 1 1 ] S o . 3d , ( A l a . 2011). I n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e d i r e c t i o n s o f t h e Alabama C o u r t , we remand t h e c a s e t o t h e c i r c u i t court. The Supreme circuit court i s d i r e c t e d to reverse i t s order d i s m i s s i n g S c o t t ' s Rule 2 CR-06-2233 32 p e t i t i o n a n d t o e n t e r a new o r d e r i n l i g h t o f t h e Supreme Court's o p i n i o n i n Ex p a r t e S c o t t . REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS. W e l c h , P . J . , a n d Windom, K e l l u m , 3 and Burke, J J . , concur.

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