EDWARDS v. STATE

SC 1048.

317 So.2d 512 (1975)

In re Robert P. EDWARDS, alias v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and John M. Gruenewald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Jack Floyd, Gadsden, for respondent.


MADDOX, Justice.

Robert P. Edwards was indicted for a felony. He was 20 years old. At arraignment, he asked to be tried as a youthful offender. The court overruled his request without conducting an investigation or examination of Edwards. The Court of Criminal Appeals remanded the cause to the trial court on the authority of Morgan v. State, 291 Ala. 764, 287 So.2d 914 (1973), with instructions to the court "to investigate...

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