Ex Parte Clark

This is a tragic case because it involves the inexcusable death of 15-year-old Jason Platt. While he was deer hunting, Jason was shot in the head, neck, and chest with buckshot fired from a shotgun.

Arthur Charles Clark was charged with the shooting, was later convicted of manslaughter, and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Clark's conviction without written opinion, Clark v. State,579 So.2d 707 (Ala.Crim.App. 1991), and this Court granted his petition for writ of certiorari to determine whether the State had presented sufficient evidence to…