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GRANTHAM v. STATE

87-222.

540 So.2d 779 (1988)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re Clinton GRANTHAM v. STATE).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and P. David Bjurberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Edward M. Young of Herring, Bennett & Young, Dothan, for respondent.

SHORES, Justice.

On October 23, 1984, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals announced its decision in Alexander v. State, 475 So.2d 625 (Ala. Crim.App.1984), which, contrary to prior holdings of that court, held that the failure of an inmate on a work release program to return to his place of employment constitutes escape from custody under § 13A-10-31, Code of Alabama (1975).

We granted Alexander's petition...

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