ELMORE v. STATE

SC 1850.

348 So.2d 264 (1976)

In re Dorothy Gray ELMORE v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

As Corrected On Denial of Rehearing August 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and William A. Davis, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, petitioner.

Donald E. Brutkiewicz, Mobile, for respondent.


EMBRY, Justice.

In this case, Dorothy Gray Elmore, was indicted, tried and found guilty by a jury, of driving while intoxicated. However, the jury neither assessed a fine nor declined to fix one. The trial court assessed one of $150 and in lieu of payment sentenced defendant to jail for a term of fifty days.

On appeal the Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded for new trial, Ala.Cr.App., 348 So.2d 262. It held:...

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