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STATE v. BALLARD

SC 2102.

341 So.2d 962 (1977)

In re STATE of Alabama v. Karen Kay BALLARD. Ex parte State of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Mary Lee Stapp, and W. Lloyd Copeland, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, petitioner.

Grey Redditt, Jr., Mobile, for respondent.

David H. Bibb, Decatur, for Karen Kay Ballard, amicus curiae.

PER CURIAM.

WRIT QUASHED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

HEFLIN, C. J., and BLOODWORTH, FAULKNER, JONES, ALMON, SHORES, EMBRY and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

MADDOX, J., dissents.

MADDOX, Justice (dissenting).

The majority, by quashing the writ, lets stand the determination by the Court of Criminal Appeals that Alabama's Child Abuse Statute is unconstitutional. I think the Court of Criminal Appeals misapplied...

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