EX PARTE FIELDS

78-697.

382 So.2d 598 (1980)

Ex parte Walter FIELDS, Jr. (Re: Walter Fields, Jr. v. State of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Blocker, III, of Smith, White & Hynds, Birmingham, for petitioner.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., Thomas R. Allison, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


FAULKNER, Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals in the first degree murder conviction of Walter Fields, Jr. We reverse.

Walter Fields was indicted May 13, 1977, for the murder of Ervin Smith. His trial for first degree murder began January 17, 1978, and he entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. At trial, defense counsel called Sgt. Albert Wallace of the Birmingham Police Dept. to testify...

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