ANDREWS v. STATE

SC 2372.

344 So.2d 538 (1977)

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

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Linda C. Breland, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, petitioner.

No brief for respondent.


BLOODWORTH, Justice.

In denying this writ we state the following with respect to the Court of Criminal Appeals' decision.

We agree that a demurrer is the proper procedure normally to raise defects in an indictment.

We further agree that the defect in the indictment here, i. e., failure to name the officer assaulted, does not make the indictment void but voidable merely and that it was properly raised here by motion to quash filed before...

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