BOWDEN v. STATE

87-38, 87-40.

538 So.2d 1226 (1988)

Ex parte State of Alabama (Two Cases). (Re James Preston BOWDEN v. STATE). (Re Roosevelt WATSON v. STATE).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen. and Jean Williams Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

William A. Short, Jr., Bessemer, for respondent Bowden.

J. Michael Williams, Sr., Auburn, for respondent Watson.


BEATTY, Justice.

We granted the State's petitions for writ of certiorari in these cases and have consolidated them to address the issues decided by the Court of Criminal Appeals in reliance upon, and in view of, this Court's decision in Anonymous v. State, 507 So.2d 972 (Ala.1987) (hereinafter referred to as "Anonymous"). In this opinion, we shall undertake to re-examine certain aspects of our decision in Anonymous...

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