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STATEN v. STATE

88-203.

547 So.2d 607 (1989)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re Leonard STATEN v. STATE of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and J. Thomas Leverette, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Britt Cauthen of Cauthen & Cauthen, Decatur, for respondent.

ADAMS, Justice.

We granted the State's petition for writ of certiorari in this case to determine if the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in reversing Leonard Staten's conviction of rape in the first degree and remanding for a new trial. As a result of his conviction, Staten had received a sentence of 25 years' imprisonment. We reverse the Court of Criminal Appeals' judgment and remand the case.

In reversing Staten...

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