Gholston v. State

INGRAM, Justice.

The State of Alabama, on petition for writ of certiorari, asks this Court to review two issues: (1) whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in holding that the trial court committed reversible error when it compelled Charles Lee Gholston to stand trial in a prison uniform; and (2) whether this Court should overrule Wigley v. State, 456 So.2d 339 (Ala.Cr.App.1982), which the Court of Criminal Appeals relied on in holding that the same felony conviction for attempted murder could not be used both to prove that Gholston was a person convicted of a crime of violence in…