WILLIAMS v. STATE

SC 1714.

333 So.2d 613 (1976)

In re Roosevelt WILLIAMS v. STATE. Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Jack A. Blumenfeld, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Douglas V. Hale and Lowell H. Becraft, Jr., Huntsville, for respondent.


SHORES, Justice.

Roosevelt Williams was convicted of forgery in the Madison Circuit Court and was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. He appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals which reversed his conviction on grounds raised by Williams for the first time on appeal. The State filed a petition for writ of certiorari, which this court granted.

The Court of Criminal Appeals held that the check, which was forged, was dated on a Sunday, and was therefore...

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