Goulden v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

Petitioner was convicted of forgery in the first degree and he appealed. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the judgment and remanded the cause because the indictment was not endorsed “a true bill” with the signature of the foreman of the grand jury, following Strickland v. State, 51 Ala.App. 328, 285 So.2d 492.

The State petitioned for a writ of certiorari on the ground that the appeal should have been dismissed because the judgment was void, and being void, it would not support an appeal; and failure to dismiss was contrary to the holding of this court in Walker v.…