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SHOWERS v. STATE

80-289.

407 So.2d 169 (1981)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (In re Willie James SHOWERS, Alias v. STATE of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and Joseph G. L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Milton C. Davis, Tuskegee, for respondent.

TORBERT, Chief Justice.

Respondent, Willie James Showers, was convicted in the Macon County Circuit Court of the crime of sodomy of a twenty-five year old retarded man and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. Appeal was taken to the Court of Criminal Appeals, 407 So.2d 167, which reversed the conviction on the ground that after the jury had deliberated for some time, the trial judge called the jury into court and inquired...

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