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BICKERSTAFF v. STATE

85-1279.

516 So.2d 800 (1987)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re Delton BICKERSTAFF, alias v. STATE of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Hardesty, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Frank C. Wilson III of Gamble, Gamble & Calame, and J. Patrick Cheshire, Selma, for respondent.

ADAMS, Justice.

The defendant, Delton Bickerstaff, was convicted of manslaughter. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed, 516 So.2d 798 holding that if a significant period of time lapses between the time of a traffic accident and the time witnesses observe a party involved in the accident and conclude that he was intoxicated, and it is shown that during that interim the party had access to alcohol, then as a matter of law, the...

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