SHEPERD v. STATE

SC 1539.

325 So.2d 557 (1976)

In re Willie SHEPERD v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte Willie Sheperd.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Wayne Childress, Mobile, for petitioner.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and J. Brent Thornley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, respondent.


JONES, Justice.

By quashing the writ we are not to be understood as agreeing or disagreeing with the language of the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion dealing with the effect of Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), on the defendant's right to a special jury venire because this discussion was not necessary to an affirmance in view of the noncapital offense for which he was tried and convicted...

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