THOMPSON v. STATE

84-304, 84-305.

525 So.2d 820 (1985)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re Larry O'Neal THOMPSON v. STATE of Alabama). Ex parte Larry O'Neal THOMPSON. (Re Larry O'Neal Thompson v. State of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Helen P. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner/ cross-respondent.

George H. Jones, Birmingham, for respondent/cross-petitioner.

Thomas M. Goggans of Goggans & McInnish, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.


MADDOX, Justice.

Appellant Larry Thompson was found guilty of robbery in the first degree in violation of Code 1975, § 13A-8-41. He was sentenced under Code 1975, § 13A-5-9, the Habitual Felony Offender Act, to life imprisonment. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction conditionally and remanded the case to the trial court for a hearing on his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial.

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