EX PARTE HEARD

1020241.

999 So.2d 978 (2003)

Ex parte Rodericus HEARD. (In re Rodericus Heard v. State of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kyla Groff Kelim of Alec Brown & Associates, P.C., Alexander City, for petitioner.

William H. Pryor, Jr., atty. gen., and Nathan A. Forrester and Micheal B. Billingsley, deputy atts. gen., for respondent.


BROWN, Justice.

We granted Rodericus Heard's petition for a writ of certiorari to determine whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in dismissing Heard's appeal based on its finding that the notice of appeal was not timely filed. We reverse and remand.

Facts and Procedural History

On January 12, 2002, Rodericus Heard was convicted of one count of murder and one count of capital murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder...

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