VICKERS v. STATE

87-1436.

547 So.2d 1191 (1989)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re James Calvin VICKERS v. STATE).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John T. Kirk, Montgomery, for respondent.


MADDOX, Justice.

The Court of Criminal Appeals held that a person stopped for speeding who runs away from the officer before the ticket is prepared and the violator signs it cannot be guilty of third degree escape. We reverse and remand.

James Calvin Vickers was convicted of escape in the third degree. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed his conviction. The full facts are fully reported in the opinion below Vickers v. State, 547...

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