SPARKS v. STATE

6 Div. 544.

119 So.2d 600 (1960)

Melvin SPARKS v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 21, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morel Montgomery, Birmingham, for petitioner.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Paul T. Gish, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., opposed.


MERRILL, Justice.

Petitioner pleaded guilty to assault and battery in two cases and was fined five dollars and costs and sentenced to 180 days in each case. He applied for and received probation, and the probation was later revoked. He appealed from this order to the Court of Appeals. That court held that an appeal did lie from an order revoking probation, but affirmed because there were no assignments of error. Review was sought here by certiorari.

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