Davis v. State

SMITH, Justice.

Demarlos Mentrel Davis was convicted of attempted first-degree rape and was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. Davis’s conviction occurred at his third trial; his two earlier trials had resulted in mistrials. In an unpublished memorandum, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Davis’s conviction and sentence. Davis v. State (No. CR-06-1997, Oct. 24, 2008), 33 So.3d 649 (Ala.Crim.App.2008) (table). We granted Davis’s petition for a writ of certiorari to determine whether Davis’s request for transcripts of his two previous trials, which was denied, should have been granted.

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