EX PARTE STATE

85-322.

493 So.2d 995 (1986)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re: John A. NEWBERRY v. STATE).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard D. Horne and Richard M. Crump, of Hess, Atchison & Horne, Mobile, for respondent.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Algert S. Agricola, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for amicus curiae Ala. Ethics Com'n.

Kenneth J. Shinbaum, Asst. Atty. Gen., for amicus curiae Ala. Dept. of Environmental Management.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Robert B. Rinehart, Asst. Atty. Gen., and R. Frank Ussery, Director, for amicus curiae Ala. Securities Com'n.


SHORES, Justice.

This case presents the single issue of whether the vehicular homicide statute is valid under the state constitutional guarantee that defendants have the right to know the nature and cause of the accusation against them.

John Newberry was convicted of vehicular homicide and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction, 493 So.2d 993 (1985), holding that the...

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