WRIGHT v. STATE

SC 1778.

340 So.2d 74 (1976)

In re Willie James WRIGHT v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and G. Daniel Evans, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, petitioner.

Wm. J. Fuller, Jr., Montgomery, for respondent.


BLOODWORTH, Justice.

We granted the Attorney General's petition to review the Court of Criminal Appeals' decision which reversed respondent's conviction for carnal knowledge of an eight-year-old girl. Although the writ was granted May 7, 1976, the case could not be submitted until after oral argument was heard at our October term. After a careful consideration of the issues raised by the petition for certiorari, we reverse...

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